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To: Thank You Rush

I remember memorizing the whole Prelude to “Evangline” (Longfellow) in the seventh grade, but had no idea that the poem was about the Acadian Diaspora. (The French-Speaking Folks of Eastern Canada were forced out by the English, and many of them WALKED to French-Speaking New Orleans).

If I had understood who the poem was about back in the day, I would have appreciated it more, since these were my own ancestors.

I also knew “The Purple Cow”! :-)


5 posted on 07/13/2024 7:17:18 AM PDT by left that other site (If they can do it to a Billionaire President, they can do it to YOU. )
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To: left that other site

That isn’t familiar to me - I’ll have to do some googling... thanks


11 posted on 07/13/2024 8:51:52 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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