Celebrate the 4th of July at Mt. Lebanon Historical Society’s annual Flag Raising Ceremony at the Stagecoach Trail Museum, beginning at 8:00 a.m. A special part of the program will be honoring our veterans. A covered dish breakfast will follow the ceremony. Please bring your favorite breakfast food to share, and bring a lawn chair for seating. The museum is located south of Gibsland at Highway 154 and Stagecoach Trail Road.
This year’s speaker will be Charles Butler, who served for four years in the U.S. Air Force, has been Commander of the American Legion Post in Bienville Parish for ten years, and is a four-time graduate of Louisiana Tech. He is a lifelong resident of Arcadia, a graduate of Arcadia High School, a 25-year employee of the Bienville Parish School System, and a former Assistant Principal of Crawford Elementary. He served for 14 years on the Arcadia Town Council, 12 years on the Chamber Board of Directors, and served as Chairman of the town zoning committee for 11 years. He has served as President of the Arcadia Cemetery Association since 2005, and served for 12 years as a Board Member of the Mt. Lebanon Historical Society. He has been married for 51 years to Ellen Adams Butler. They have two children: Jimmy Butler and his wife Shelley who live in Jackson Parish, and Emily Mobley and her husband Danny who live in Shreveport. They have one grandchild, Pepper Mobley, who just celebrated her 8th birthday.