#Acadians

[mapsontheweb]

Map of modern-day Acadian communities

[mostlythemarsh]

There is a monument here to recognize the engineering skills of the 17th century Acadians who drained the salt marshes to create arable fields. Dykes and aboiteaux constructed at the time are still in use today. There were lovely long pressure treated beams on these posts. They went missing in short order. What remains is perhaps now a monument to the engineering skills of the 21st century locals.

[twistingtreeancestry]

Acadian Day (LA)

While this day is to celebrate the resilience, contribution, and culture of Acadians, it's also Native American Heritage Day, so I'd also like to celebrate and thank the Wabanaki Confederacy, specifically the Mi'kmaq, Penobscot, and Wolastoqey Nations.

Without the Mi'kmaq Nation accepting the French colonizers onto their land and extending a hand of peace and teaching, the French would not have easily survived, if at all.

Thanks to the bravery and resistance of the Penobscot and Wolastoqey Nations, some of the Acadians were able to evade capture, deportation, and death. If not for them, there would have been nothing for the returning Acadians to come home to.

Thanks to all of them, the Acadians were able to settle deep roots that would resound through time.

Wela'lin, Mi'kmaq Nation.

Woliwoni, Penobscot Nation.

Woliwon, Wolastoqey Nation.

We owe more than we could ever repay to you.

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In honor of my ancestors who came to Nova Scotia from France and those who left Nova Scotia to France or Louisiana.

|| Paternal Grandfather's Father's Line

Charles Olivier Miquel Guillot (1746 Nova Scotia, CA - 1845 Louisiana, USA) and his wife Madeline Josephe [Boudreaux/Boudrot] Guillot (1744 Nova Scotia, CA - N/A).

Charles' father, Jean Baptiste Guillot (1720 Nova Scotia, CA - 1759 Atlantic Ocean).

Jean's mother, Marguerite [Doiron] Guillot (1669 Nova Scotia, CA - 1759 Nova Scotia, CA).

Marguerite's parents, Jean Doiron (1677 Nova Scotia, CA - 1735 Nova Scotia, CA) and Marie Anne [Trahan] Doiron (1671 Nova Scotia, CA - 1710 Nova Scotia, CA).

Mary Anne's parents, Guillaume Trahan (1611 France - 1682 Nova Scotia, CA) and Madeleine [Brun] Trahan (1645 France - 1700 Nova Scotia, CA).

Madeleine's parents, Vincent Brun (1611 France - 1693 Nova Scotia, CA) and Marie Renee [Breau] Brun (1616 France - 1686 Nova Scotia, CA).

|| Paternal Grandmother's Mother's Line

Silvain Sonnier, Sr. (1736 Nova Scotia, CA - 1801 Louisiana, USA) and his wife Marie Magdeleine [Bourg] Sonnier (1744 Nova Scotia, CA - 1814 Louisiana, USA).

Jean Baptiste Granger (c1741 Nova Scotia - 1842 Louisiana, USA) and his wife Susanne [Cormier] Granger (c1763 Nova Scotia, CA - 1800 Louisiana, USA).

Alexandre Aucoin (1725 Nova Scotia, CA - 1780 France) and his wife Isabelle [Duhon] Aucoin (c1750 Nova Scotia - 1817 Louisiana, USA).

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Shrine to Longfellow's "Evangeline" in Acadia,” Brantford Expositor. March 28, 1930. Page 12. --- Memorial Chapel and Statue of Evangeline, at Grand Pre, the locale of Longfellow's well-known poem, "Evangeline." A pilgrimage to this spot, sacred to descendants of the Acadians, will be made this summer by 200 residents of the Teche country, South Louisiana, the district to which the greater number of the Acadians were taken when they were forced to leave their native land in 1775 -(S. N. S..)

[postcards-and-postcrossing]

Thursday Postcard Hunt: ART: Statues, Monuments

… is this week’s theme for Thursday Postcard Hunt. Postcard from Canada Grand-Pré is a Canadian rural community in Kings County, Nova Scotia. Its French name translates to “Great/Large Meadow” and the community lies at the eastern edge of the Annapolis Valley. The community was made famous by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem Evangeline and is today home to the Grand-Pré National Historic Site.…

[rabbitcruiser]

British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council ordered the deportation of the Acadians on July 25, 1755.

[danielleurbansblog]

Review: The Seamstress of Acadie

Synopsis: As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada’s Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch. Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family–French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral–are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags. Amid preparations for the celebration of Noël, the talk is of unrest, coming war,…

[seangeekpodcast-blog]

Episode 438 – Poppycock, the AI Sent Me to Scotland instead of Switzerland This week, Todd and I have ditched the Zoom call to do this in person. We are back in the studio together! Todd has various voice activated devices in his home. What happens when they disagree? (4:40) From the clapper to Lexa, how far have we come?

Payola is the illegal practice of paying a commercial radio station to play a song without the station disclosing the payment. It was a means to sneak a band onto a radio station that might not otherwise play them. Now, with stations owned by large corporations, the only music played is ones controlled by other corporations that are in league with each other. Maybe it isn’t payola, but it sure feels like it. (17:42)

We miss the Rage Rage Podcast so we, offer you, a new topic to bring back to your show. (25:56) Apparently Toblerone is not Swiss enough? We explain what that means. (38:16) And we Albuquerque it into a whole talk on candies and candy bars and… seafood?

#shediac #newbrunswick #acadians #scotland #podtrak #rhodecaster #voiceactivation #radio #hobbits #poppycock #mackintosh #

[bobdylan-n-jonimitchell]

Joni Mitchell & Neil Young, The Last Waltz—Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, November 25, 1976.

[highladyofterrasen7]

Me discovering Apollo had a pov before Jacks:

[lesorciercanadien]

Book of Seasons and Festivities

I wanted to share some images of my work so far in a book of holidays, seasonal religious and cultural celebrations for my own personal path. :)

[itisizainab]

I went to a park yesterday and guess who I saw

APOLLO???????!!!???

[stellelikesbooks]

Me constantly checking on Stephanie Garber’s ig for any ACFTL quotes:

[garou-art]

⭐🇫🇷 make some noise!!! tintamarre!!!!

entirely inspired by brazillian miku and the multitudes of cultural miku fanart. i present to you, acadian miku!

non-confetti version under the cut:

a semi-historical acadian outfit designed with acadian flag colours and embellishments;

[rbfannee]

Jacks: how did I look?

Lala: like you would kill for her

ladies and gentlemen, i present you- evajacks 😭

[rabbitcruiser]

Great Upheaval: New England planters arrived on June 4, 1760 to claim land in Nova Scotia taken from the Acadians.