The interplay between the French-speaking peoples of Canada and the residents of Connecticut and the rest of New England has gone on for more than 250 years. Wars, forced dispersals, economic oppor… ...

The Cajun/Acadian flag, ... for well over a century after the Civil War, systematically excluded, marginalized and even falsified the history of African Americans in this region," he said. ...

Karine Gallant says she and her musical family learned much more about Acadian participation in the war, and how much it is still remembered in Normandy, on a trip to France this summer.

Just after the war, there were many Acadian people living in the Normandy region. And while there are far fewer today, Gallant says it was still an eye-opening experience.

They're in the Normandy region of northern France, where Acadian people's contributions to the Second World War were recognized this past summer during the annual Semaine Acadienne, or Acadian ...