acadian heritage: Thankful for My Acadian Heritage - 11/20/19 04:20 PM
Thankful for My Acadian Heritage
 
My favorite moments growing up was going to the camp, deep in bayou country.
Generators run to provide power to the floating camp on the bayou.
45 minute boat ride to paradise. 
 
OR 
Visiting the most haunted plantation: The Myrtles in St. Francisville, Louisiana
 
 
This is where it began:
 
My mother's side of the family are of Acadian descent, shortened word is Cajun.
They left France for a better life to settle in Nova Scotia. It was a life of fishing, hunting and freedom of oppression. 
Then came "The Deportment" by the British, as the Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance .
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