The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Le FORUM Journal Franco-American Centre Franco-Américain 3-31-2021 Le Forum, Vol. 43 No. 1 Lisa Desjardins Michaud, Rédactrice Abby Paige Rhea Côté Robbins Gérard Coulombe Marie-Anne Gauvin See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons Recommended Citation Michaud, Rédactrice, Lisa Desjardins; Paige, Abby; Côté Robbins, Rhea; Coulombe, Gérard; Gauvin, Marie- Anne; Lapierre, Dan; Nagle, Margaret; Myall, James; Myall, James; L'Heureux, Juliana; Moreau, Daniel; Brooks, Melanie; Wolf, Marcus; Cyr, Diane; Lacroix, Patrick; Desjardins, Mélody; Martineau, Jesse; Beaulieu, Timothy; Beebe, Suzanne; Edington, Rev. Steve; Scanlon, Barry; de la Prade, Xavier; Castonguay, Caroline; Milot, Claude; Guignard, Michael; Melanson, Michael B.; Larson, Russell; Pronovost, André; Ferrell, Frank; Murphy, Meghan; Marin, Paul; Héroux, Ronald G.; Levesque, Don; and Sand-Roy, Virginie, "Le Forum, Vol. 43 No. 1" (2021). Le FORUM Journal. 98. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum/98 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; Abby Paige; Rhea Côté Robbins; Gérard Coulombe; Marie-Anne Gauvin; Dan Lapierre; Margaret Nagle; James Myall; James Myall; Juliana L'Heureux; Daniel Moreau; Melanie Brooks; Marcus Wolf; Diane Cyr; Patrick Lacroix; Mélody Desjardins; Jesse Martineau; Timothy Beaulieu; Suzanne Beebe; Rev. Steve Edington; Barry Scanlon; Xavier de la Prade; Caroline Castonguay; Claude Milot; Michael Guignard; Michael B. Melanson; Russell Larson; André Pronovost; Frank Ferrell; Meghan Murphy; Paul Marin; Ronald G. Héroux; Don Levesque; and Virginie Sand-Roy This book is available at DigitalCommons@UMaine: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ francoamericain_forum/98 Le FORUM “AFIN D’ÊTRE EN PLEINE POSSESSION DE SES MOYENS” VOLUME 43, #1 SPRING/PRINTEMPS 2021 Websites: Le Forum: http://umaine.edu/francoamerican/le-forum/ https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum/ Oral History: https://video.maine.edu/channel/Oral+Histories/101838251 Library: francolib.francoamerican.org Occasional Papers: http://umaine.edu/francoamerican/occasional-papers/ Résonance, Franco-American Literary Journal: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/resonance/vol1/iss1/ 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: http://www.fawi.net Franco-Americans of Maine, Then and Now: $6.00 https://francomainestories.net Le Forum Sommaire/Contents Lettres/Letters...........................................3, 11 Changing a Present Focused on The Beyond Whiteness: Imagining a Franco- Past.............................................................33-34 American Future.......................................3, 7, 8 by Timothy Beaulieu Le Centre Franco-Américain by Abby Paige Université du Maine In response to Steven Riel..............................11 L’État du MA..........................................30-33 Orono, Maine 04469-5719 [email protected] Rhea Côté Robbins Can we honor native son Jack Téléphone: 207-581-FROG (3764) Kerouac?..........................................................30 L’État du ME.............................................4-19 by Suzanne Beebe Two Franco Americans in Biddeford, ME....4-8 Volume 43 Numéro 1 So, who is tending the Kerouac flame in SPRING/PRINTEMPS 2021 by Gérard Coulombe Lowell?............................................................31 Publishing Board La Pie Bavarde.................................................8 by Rev. Steve Edington Don Levesque by Marie-Anne Gauvin Remembering Roger Brunelle, Lowell and Paul Laflamme Tante Blanche, Marie Marguerite Thibodeau Kerouac’s biggest cheerleader......................32-33 Lin LaRochelle Cyr...............................................................9-11 by Barry Scanlon Louella Rolfe by Dan Lapierre Kent Beaulne L’État du VT...........................................35-36 Claudia Desjardins: Hands-on lab Reminiscing, life in the ‘40s.....................35-36 Rédactrice/Editor experience benefits human health in by Xavier de la Prade Lisa Desjardins Michaud pandemic.....................................................12-13 by Margaret Nagle L’État du CT...........................................38-39 Mise en page/Layout When Fake News About a Maine Epidemic Went A Solitary Birch Lisa Desjardins Michaud Viral.............................................................13-14 by Caroline Castonguay by James Myall L’État du RI Composition/Typesetting ..................................................40 The Revolutionary War Veteran Who The Mill by Claude Milot Lisa Desjardins Michaud Eked Out a living as a Poor Squatter ....................................................................14-17 BOOKS/LIVRES...........................41-43 & 45 Aide Technique by James Myall Franco-Americans of the State of Maine U.S.A. Lisa Desjardins Michaud Soeurs religieuses: French-Canadian and Their Achievements................41-42 Health Care in New France and Maine by Michael Guignard .....................................................................17-18 Cormier Genealogy: Generations 1-7...........43 Tirage/Circulation/4,500 by Juliana L’Heureux by Michael B. Melanson Franco-Americans paved a path for integrated Leduc to LaDuke: Ancestral Journey from Imprimé chez/Printed by baseball.......................................................18-19 Centre Franco-Américain, Orono, Maine Canada to America.........................................43 by Juliana L’Heureux Publié 4 fois l’an par le Centre Franco-Américain. by Russell Larson Le Forum est distribué surtout aux Franco-Américains Dawson: The Story of New England Mill City Kerouac & Presley..........................................45 des États-Unis. Les énoncés, opinions et points de vue ........................................................................20 by André Pronovost formulés dans Le Forum sont ceux des auteurs et ne by Daniel Moreau représentent pas nécessairement les points de vue de Three Brothers, One MBA Program...............21 MUSIC/MUSIQUE.......................................44 l’éditeur ou de la rédactrice, ou du Collège des arts et by Melanie Brooks Frank Ferrell des sciences libéraux à l’Université du Maine. Le Forum is published 4 times a year by the First-ever online, bilingual portal to Franco POETRY/POÉSIE..................................45-47 Franco-American Center. Le Forum is distributed in American archives launches this spring.........37 particular to Franco-Americans in the United States. Habi................................................................45 by Marcus Wolf Statements, opinions and points of view expressed are by Meghan Murphy not necessarily those of the editor, the publishers or the Would the Woods that I know........................46 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences of the University Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center.........39 by Paul Marin of Maine. submitted by Diane Cyr Tous les textes soumis doivent parvenir à —For- Franco-Américains––Pourquoi, Pourquoi Pas?. ward all submitted texts to: Lisa D. Michaud, Rédac- ........................................................................46 trice-en-chef/Editor-in-chief, Le Forum, University of L’État du NH..........................................21-27 by Ronald G. Héroux Maine, Orono, Maine 04469-5719, U.S., au plus tard Those Other Franco-Americans: St. Albans, quatre semaines précédant le mois de publication—at Part 2.........................................................22-24 Grandi a Grand Isle (au nord du Maine en least four weeks prior to the month of publication. by Patrick Lacroix Les lettres de nos lecteurs sont les bienvenues— 1960)........................................................47 Hauntingly Silent: Some Questions Concerning Letters to the Editor are welcomed. par Don Levesque La reproduction des articles est autorisée sans Maine’s English Education Bill ..................24-27 préavis sauf indication contraire—Our original articles by Patrick Lacroix COIN DES JEUNES...............................48-51 may be reproduced without notice unless otherwise 4 Life Lessons We Can Learn From the Filles Un Noël pandémique et les Prières...........48-49 indicated. du Roi.........................................................27-29 par Virginie L. Sand-Roy L’équipe de rédaction souhaite que Le Forum soit by Mélody Desjardins un mode d’expression pour vous tous les Franco-Amér- French Legacy Podcast.....................................29 icains et ceux qui s’intéressent à nous. The staff hopes A Pandemic Christmas and Prayers.........50, 51 by Jesse Martineau that Le Forum can be a vehicle of expression for you by Virginia L. Sand-Roy Franco-Americans and those who are interested in us. Le Forum et son staff—Universitaires, gens de la communauté, les étudiants -- FAROG, 2 SPRING/PRINTEMPS 2021 Beyond Whiteness: Imagining a Lettres/ Franco-American Future Letters By Abby Paige oblivion. Peter C. Newman’s Hostages to Fortune asserts that United Empire Loy- History