Journal Entry 1 by GrammarBroad from Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA on Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Paperback, September 1964 ed.

"Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet. He wrote the poem EVANGELINE, published in 1847, depicting the expulsion of the French Acadians out of their homelands of present-day Nova Scotia. They were a people who survived by farming and fishing in the Maritime Provincial Regions of Eastern Canada. After Britain took over the lands of Acadia in 1713, a growing resentment engulfed the lives of the Acadians. Eventually, in 1755, they were deported by the British to various areas throughout the East Coast of America. Many of them migrated toward Louisiana, while others moved to the French islands of Miquelon and St. Pierre off of Newfoundland. Still others relocated to France and Quebec. Nonetheless, this deportation of an entire population will forever be remembered by the people the world over. They have eagerly attempted to preserve their language, unique culture and forget their tragic history of deportation. Today, one will find the majority of Acadians living in the Maritime Provinces, Quebec, France, New England and Louisiana. Longfellow's poem EVANGELINE vividly describes the lands of Acadia, the people who inhabited the lands and the harsh reality of an unjust separation from loved ones."

Old "Eagle Eyes" Thompson had all us 8th grade girls in tears by the time we finished reading this one.

Louisiana RABCK to meshe in Georgia on 7-24-04. Enjoy!
 

Journal Entry 2 by meshe from Bonaire, Georgia USA on Wednesday, July 28, 2004

RABCK received. Am anxious to read and send along on it's journey.