Today is the day of Acadian remembrance. It's dedicated to commemoration of the lives lost during deportation of French Islanders. Donald Trump Vows to Rename Tallest Mountain in United States ...
In 1990, Perrin launched a petition to get Queen Elizabeth II to apologize for the Acadian Deportation from Nova Scotia in 1755. More than a decade later, she issued the Royal Proclamation of 2003 ...
"I want to promote things that the Acadians did after the deportation, how they survived, that we had some politicians, we had some great leaders, we had traditions," he said. Among those to speak ...
Farming some the most fertile land in North America, Acadians never suffered from epidemics of scurvy, typhus or cholera. (As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) Some of the best lands in ...