Ville Platte is the home of the fall festival known as the Louisiana Cotton Festival and Le Tournoi de la Ville Platte, held each year in October.
The World War II veterans are credited with starting the festival as part of their July 4th, celebration in 1952. To add to the celebration they revived an old historic sport called Le Tournoi (French for tournament). In the early 1950’s, many festiv...
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