It’s been 250 years since Acadians first arrived in a region that would one day bear their name: Acadiana. In honor of this, the Grand Réveil Acadien (The Acadian Awakening), is now underway through ...

More Acadians were deported from Grand Pre than from other areas because it was the most populated of all the settlements.

The Acadians sure were a scrappy lot. Sent by France in 1604 to create the colony of Acadia in an area known today as the Canadian Maritime Provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward ...

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NOVA SCOTIA -- The tall ship Europa glides gracefully up Nova Scotia's Annapolis River. High aloft her crew furls the massive sails like a 10-story swan folding her wings. Welcoming ...

I was interested in the article in The Daily Advertiser Feb. 1, by Joanna Brown, "As Cajuns, 'we cannot close our home to the refugees,'" and wanted to add some historical information that ...

In January 1990, I prepared a petition and had it delivered to the British Crown. The petition sought a formal apology for their role 265 years ago in the 1755 deportation of 18,000 Acadians from Nova ...

MAN is a lover and maker of myths. From prejudice, from chivalry, from patriotism, from mental sloth, from sheer inability to know the thing which is, and tell a plain tale, neither adding nor abating ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH — St. Martinville will be holding the La Fete Nationale de L'Acadie on Aug. 15–16 with a two-day festival celebrating the National Day of Acadians. The festival will be honoring the ...

Acadians who died during deportations to France in the mid-18th century are remembered annually in P.E.I. A ceremony commemorating the deceased Acadians occurred at the Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort ...

The Trenton Acadians’ Northeast Championship run was a tale of comebacks. It was familiar feeling dating back to the players’ state high school title. “We just went out there, played baseball, had fun ...

It’s been 250 years since Acadians first arrived in a region that would one day bear their name: Acadiana. Take a look at how they shaped the culture that exists today in the heart of Cajun country.