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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Le FORUM Journal Franco-American Centre Franco-Américain Spring 2017 Le FORUM, Vol. 39 No. 1 Lisa Desjardins Michaud, Rédactrice Roger Parent Amy Morin Maegan Maheu Michel Roberge See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ francoamericain_forum Recommended Citation Desjardins Michaud, Rédactrice, Lisa; Parent, Roger; Morin, Amy; Maheu, Maegan; Roberge, Michel; Shepherd, Michael; Dubay, Guy; Lacroix, Patrick; Coulombe, Gérard; Marceau, Albert; Myall, James; Findlen, George; Larson, Denise; Bérubé, Robert; Chenard, Bob; Michaud, Carroll R.; Walton, Andrew; Levesque, Don; Perry, Maureen; Langford, Margaret S.; Bishop, Jim; LePage, Adrienne Pelletier; Roberge, Mitch; and Bragdon, Austin, "Le FORUM, Vol. 39 No. 1" (2017). Le FORUM Journal. 45. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum/45 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Le FORUM Journal by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Lisa Desjardins Michaud, Rédactrice; Roger Parent; Amy Morin; Maegan Maheu; Michel Roberge; Michael Shepherd; Guy Dubay; Patrick Lacroix; Gérard Coulombe; Albert Marceau; James Myall; George Findlen; Denise Larson; Robert Bérubé; Bob Chenard; Carroll R. Michaud; Andrew Walton; Don Levesque; Maureen Perry; Margaret S. Langford; Jim Bishop; Adrienne Pelletier LePage; Mitch Roberge; and Austin Bragdon This book is available at DigitalCommons@UMaine: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum/45 Le FORUM VOLUME 39, #1 SPRING/PRINTEMPS 2017 Websites: Le Forum: http://umaine.edu/francoamerican/le-forum/ Oral History: Francoamericanarchives.org Library: francolib.francoamerican.org Occasional Papers: http://umaine.edu/francoamerican/occasional-papers/ Maine’s French Communities: http://www.francomaine.org/English/Pres/Pres_intro.html francoamericanarchives.org other pertinent websites to check out - Les Français d’Amérique / French In America Calendar Photos and Texts from 1985 to 2002 Franco-American Women’s Institute: http://www.fawi.net $6.00 Le Forum Sommaire/Contents Lettres/Letters..............3, 7, 13, 14 James Myall.......................43& 49 The Man Who United Irish-and Franco- L’État du ME...........................4-15 Americans Le Centre Franco-Américain From Maine to Thailand: Roger Parent Université du Maine Orono, Maine 04469-5719 Nos Histoire de l’Île Stories: Amy Morin George Findlen.....................15-18 [email protected] Being & Not Being Franco-American: What Did They Eat? Téléphone: 207-581-FROG (3764) Maegan Maheu Le Messager: Mitchel Roberge Volume 39 Numéro 1 Maine’s Franco voters still hold great sway: SPRING/PRINTEMPS Michael Shepherd Poetry/Poésie.........................38-42 Regis “Bonhomme” Daigle: Guy Dubay Books/Livres.........................33, 34 Publishing Board Don Levesque Recipes/Recettes.........................35 Lin LaRochelle L’État du VT.........................24, Louella Rolfe Prosper Bender (1844-1917): Partick Kent Beaulne 30 Genealogy..............................44-51 Joe Arsenault Lacroix Through the Generations: Tony Brinkley Denise Larson Never Stop Looking: Rédactrice/Editor L’État du CT.............17-20, 25, 37 Lisa Desjardins Michaud On Being Franco-American: Denise Larson Gérard Coulombe 1649: Abraham Martin: Coupable ou Mise en page/Layout Six Historically Frecnh-Canadian Parishes Innocent/ Abraham Martin: Guilty or not Lisa Desjardins Michaud Will Merge in the Archdiocese of Hartford: guilty!: Composition/Typesetting Albert Marceau Robert Bérubé Lisa Desjardins Michaud Raising of the Quebec Flag at the Daigle Family: Connecticut State Capitol, Fri. 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