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Title | Article: World Acadian Congress |
Body | Full title: Evangeline's People Gather and Weep for Ancestors' Fate Article address: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/international/americas/12canada.html Free registration required. From the article: Known as Cajuns in Louisiana and Acadians in Canada, they are joining in a two-week reunion throughout Nova Scotia to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the French in North America and the 250th anniversary next year of the brutal deportation of 13,000 Acadians from villages across Atlantic Canada after their leaders were reluctant to pledge unconditional allegiance to the British Crown. |
Source | Clifford Kraus, NY Times |
Inputdate | 2004-08-13 09:03:00 |
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