by Acadien Acadian Memorial | Aug 14, 2024 | News
While local Acadiana may find this August 15th quiet, celebrations and dedications are being observed with fanfare elsewhere. Honoring their Roman Catholic faith in commemorating the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven, Acadians chose August 15th as...
by Acadien Acadian Memorial | Aug 14, 2024 | News
Induction of Henry J. Peterson, Jr. into the Acadian Museum’s Order of Living Legends on Sunday, July 28, 2024 was a well-deserved celebration. Since 1997, the Acadian Museum in Erath has recognized and honored those individuals who help shape, define and preserve our...
by Acadien Acadian Memorial | May 18, 2023 | Essays
by Carl A. Brasseaux Louisiana’s first large groups of Acadian immigrants dubbed their adopted homeland New Acadia, thereby giving voice to the unspoken purpose of the group’s migration to that strange land. Notoriously stubborn, the exiles refused to...
by Acadien Acadian Memorial | May 18, 2023 | Essays
By Carl A. Brasseaux The Acadian diaspora has been the subject of intense scrutiny by both popular and scholarly writers since the publication of Longfellow’s Evangeline in 1847. These writers have focused their attention upon the continuing debate over the...
