Day The War Stopped June 11, 2022

A rare piece of history (Photo by Scott Clause)

On a hot June day in 1863, Union soldiers under the flag of truce came searching for fellow masons in St. Francisville to bury their commander with masonic honors. Confederate masons, put aside their differences and stopped the war for a short time to honor the higher calling of brotherly love. (read full story here)

On the second Saturday in June, Feliciana Lodge #31 along with St. George's Lodge #6 of Schenectady, NY re-enact this poignant moment of the Civil War.

One must imagine what it was like,...you are in enemy territory, under a flag of truce, asking to bury a union soldier on confederate ground. And on the other side, you are a confederate soldier allowing a sworn enemy to not just be buried in a town that was decimated by union gun boats, but you are going to give him your burial plot. Somehow, the call of masonic brotherhood gave courage to those who needed it and the Day the War Stopped was born.

In 1997, WB and Judge, John R. Rarick, with the assistance of a few folks in the lodge and town recreated this event for the first time in St. Francisville and the event has grown each year attracting Masonic Brothers and Civil War Buffs from around the country.

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SATURDAY • JUNE 11

DOWNTOWN(St. Francisville, Louisiana)

Throughout the Day • Period Costume Contest & Lodge Tours

Feliciana Lodge #31 and Prosperity Street

9:30 AM • Day the War Stopped Play

Temple Sinai 4740 Prosperity St.

10:00 AM • Reenactment

Corner of Prosperity Street/FerdinandStreet

10:30 AM • Graveside Historical Reenactment

Grace Episcopal ChurchCemetery

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM • 4th Annual Jambalaya Cook off