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gladeraider87 t1_j29k0h0 wrote

Reply to comment by altonbrownie in This is a white tattoo by altonbrownie

Incorrect. Acadians were thrown out of Nova Scotia. Acadia is now just a town just outside of Yarmouth, NS, but the entirety of Nova Scotia was known as Acadia peninsula back when the Acadians were expelled.

There is a monument called "la butte de la croix" in a small lobstering village called wedgeport that is in memory of the first return of Acadians after the expulsion.

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altonbrownie OP t1_j29m05v wrote

Glad I added the “or something like that.” I didn’t want to be on the hook for some kid failing their Canadian history test today.

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No-Wonder1139 t1_j2adey0 wrote

There are some small Acadian towns still in Nova Scotia, Chéticamp is one, you see the Acadian flag raised around the town. Shediac, New Brunswick as well. It's an interesting accent and dialect of French.

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Narfysk t1_j29nrz8 wrote

Acadie is in New Brunswick, the french remnants in the us in louisania are the cajuns, there were part of the french empire back in the day, this is why the capital of louisinia (is it the capital i dunno) is called Baton-Rouge

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