The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Le FORUM Journal Franco-American Centre Franco-Américain Fall 2017 Le FORUM, Vol. 39 No. 3 Lisa Desjardins Michaud, Rédactrice Patrick Lacroix Roger Parent Marie-Anne Paul Lessard 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; Lacroix, Patrick; Parent, Roger; Marie-Anne; Lessard, Paul; Beaupré, Normand; Coulombe, Gérard; Blesso, Jacqueline Chamberland; Beebe, Suzanne; Langford, Margaret; Héoux, Ronald G.; Michaud, Linda Ouellette; Bolduc, Claire; Myall, James; Marceau, Albert J.; LaGasse, Jeffrey; Bérubé, Robert; and Chenard, Bob, "Le FORUM, Vol. 39 No. 3" (2017). Le FORUM Journal. 47. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum/47 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; Patrick Lacroix; Roger Parent; Marie-Anne; Paul Lessard; Normand Beaupré; Gérard Coulombe; Jacqueline Chamberland Blesso; Suzanne Beebe; Margaret Langford; Ronald G. Héoux; Linda Ouellette Michaud; Claire Bolduc; James Myall; Albert J. Marceau; Jeffrey LaGasse; Robert Bérubé; and Bob Chenard This book is available at DigitalCommons@UMaine: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum/47 Le FORUM “AFIN D’ÊTRE EN PLEINE POSSESSION DE SES MOYENS” VOLUME 39, #3 FALL/AUTOMNE 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 http://www.johnfishersr.net/french_in_america_calendar.html Franco-American Women’s Institute: $6.00 http://www.fawi.net Le Forum Sommaire/Contents Lettres/Letters................3, 4, 5, 24 A Photo Tour of the Former St-Jean- Baptiste Church in Lowell MA: L’État du ME...........................5-18 Albert Marceau Le Centre Franco-Américain From Maine to Thailand: Roger Parent Université du Maine La Pie Bavarde: Marie-Anne Gauvin Orono, Maine 04469-5719 Poetry/Poésie.........................20-22 [email protected] Private Charles Bourget: Paul Lessard Téléphone: 207-581-FROG (3764) La Belle Chevelure De Laura: Normand Beaupré Books/Livres..........................22-25 Les Souvenances du Moulin de Maurice Volume 39 Numéro 3 Mercier et de Rose Coté: Music...........................................28 FALL/AUTOMNE Normand Beaupré Publishing Board La Vache A Maillotte: James Myall..........................32-34 Don Levesque Jacqueline Chamberland Blesso Paul Laflamme A Trip Through “The Little World They Lin LaRochelle Call Little Canada” Louella Rolfe L’État du VT.................................3 Confronting the Klan in 1920s Maine Kent Beaulne : Joe Arsenault Finding a Larger Canvas Tony Brinkley Partick Lacroix Jeffrey LaGasse....................37-42 A Preliminary Study Toward Determining Rédactrice/Editor L’État du CT Lisa Desjardins Michaud ............16-18, 19, 26, the Utility of Reentry Programming for the 27, 35, 36, 43, 44 Maine Deparment of Corrections Mise en page/Layout Franco American Folktale: Lisa Desjardins Michaud Gérard Coulombe Genealogy..............................33-38 Composition/Typesetting A Father’s Blessing on New Year’s Day Lisa Desjardins Michaud Gérard Coulombe The Gélinas Family: Robert Bérubé Current Monthly Venue for the Mass in The Daigle Family: Robert Chenard Aide Technique French: Albert Marceau Lisa Desjardins Michaud Endowment Tirage/Circulation/4,500 One way to support Le FORUM while at the same time reserving life income is the establishment of a charitable gift annuity with the Franco-American Centre Imprimé chez/Printed by Centre Franco-Américain, Orono, Maine Le FORUM Fund at the University of Maine Foundation. 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Dear Le Forum, I was looking at several websites from bro- Continuez votre bon travail. J’aime I am writing to inform you that my chures that I picked up at the New England tous vos articles, mais j’ai surtout ap- husband, Gregory White, passed away on Regional Genealogical Conference. I was précié l’article de Simon Couillard, << Les June 11, 2016. As the Authorized Represen- impressed. I specifically enjoyed George batailleurs--Enquête d’un Québecois sur la tative of his estate, I respectfully request that Findlen’s article on Acadian food. I have diaspora franco-américaine >>. Comme M. you remove his name from your membership my grandmother’s cookbook and am always Couillard, j’ai voyagé dans les territoires de and mailing list. He was an enthusiastic trying to replicate the tastes that came from la Louisiane. Outre quelques noms français member of your organization, and I sincerely her kitchen. So this article was of particular et le nom de certaines tribus comme les thank you in his name for the work that you interest to me. If I may, I would like to sub- Gros-Ventres et les Perce-nez il n’y reste do and for the great interest and pleasure mit an article or two to Le Forum, in the not plus grand-chose. C’est dommage, c’est your periodicals and his membership gave too distant future, I have several ideas that comme ça. La vie s’adapte aux besoins him. have come from my extensive genealogical quotidiens. research. Je souhaite une bonne continuation à Thank You! Enclosed are my form and a check for vous Lisa Michaud et à votre équipe pour Mrs. Hunter M. White a two year subscription to Le Forum. nous garder au courant de ce qui reste de Dedham, MA I live in Pensacola, Florida, however, notre culture. my heart lives in Maine. I am origianlly Dear Le Forum, from Biddeford, and visit frequently as my Très amicalement, Although I’m not Franco, I love family is still there. I have a new destination Xavier de la Prade your magazine. My apologies for being on my genealogical to do list and that is the Petaluma, CA in arrears on payment. Please accept this Le Centre Franco-Américain, at UMaine, check as back payment; as another year’s Orono. subscription; and the rest a donation for Keep up the good work and I am look- your fine project! ing forward to my subscription. Best Wishes! Regards, Jan Isosaari Lisa Hutchins (More letters on page 24) Estes Park, CO Pensacola, FL Finding a Larger Canvas: Franco-Americans’ Enduring Significance byPatrick Lacroix How knowledgeable are you of Fran- peared. But in the intervening time, at least challenge still ahead. co-American history? That you are reading seventeen master’s and doctoral theses have Those of us who have taught U.S. Le Forum suggests an awareness of at least been completed and, every year, peer-re- history at the high school or college level its basic outline. But what about your fellow viewed journals carry articles with a focus are woefully aware of Franco-Americans’ Americans, or your fellow Canadians—how on this very topic.1 Thus, even if we recog- invisibility in standard, commercially avail- conversant are they? Unfortunately, many nize that scholarship on Franco-Americans able textbooks.