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THE "ACADIE" COVERLET

The Acadians are descendants of the first 17th century European settlers, mostly French, in Acadie.  However, a tragic cloud loomed over the Acadian colony.   Between 1755 and 1763, some 10,000 Acadians were deported from Acadie.  Thus began a period of Acadian exile.  After the Peace Treaty of Paris in 1763, some Acadians re-established communities throughout what is today the Atlantic provinces of Canada.  Since the end of the nineteenth century, a series of symbols have emerged which have come to represent the Acadians.  In light of the recent cemetery find, the Committee for the Preservation of the Sainte-Famille Cemetery has commissioned this beautiful coverlet as a fundraising project for the acquistion of the Acadian cemetery property at Falmouth, Nova Scotia.

Created by We Love Country, the coverlet is 100% cotton, two-layered, Jacquad woven in the USA, pre-shrunk, color fast and machine washable. It is handsome and practical, measuring approximately 50x70 inches, and fringed on all four sides.

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The Acadian Flag chosen in 1884 reminds us of the French flag.  The golden star, Stella Maris, guides the Acadians through the storms of life.  Placed in the blue section, it represents the Blessed Virgin Mary, patron saint of the Acadians. Our Lady of the Assumption is the patron saint of the Acadians. Saint Charles des Mines de Grand-Pre', Memorial Church, stands as a commemorative witness of the deportation of the Acadians.  The Societe national de l'Acadie, created a committee in the 1920's to launch a fund raising campaign to build the memorial church at Grand-Pre'.  The corner stone was blessed in 1922 and the museum was opened in 1930. The Herbin Cross marks the site of the cemetery of  the Saint-Charles des Mines parish.  It is made of stones of the houses of old Acadian cellars.  A plaque on the cross, placed by the Societe nationale de l'Acadie in 1923, honours John Frederic Herbin and his dream to commemorate the Acadian people. The Deportation Cross, erected in 1924, is located approximately 2 kilometers from the memorial church.  According to oral tradition, it marks the place from which Acadians were placed on small boats and taken to large vessels waiting in the Minas Basin.  They were transported to the thirteen British colonies along the Atlantic seaboard.  The cross, a symbol that goes back to antiquity, connects to the three other world wide symbols of the circle, the centre and the square.  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's statue was a gift from the Nova Scotian legislature in 1955.  It honours the poet who wrote the poem Evangeline: A tale of Acadie. Many people learned of the deportation as a result of the popularity of the poem. Statues of Evangeline, Two well-known North American statues of Evangeline represent the fictitious character created by the poet Longfellow.  This heroine has become a symbol of the Acadian people's suffering and wandering. Evangeline's Well is located at the Grand Pre' National Historic Site.  Symbol of abundance and of growth, the well is also a symbol of secrets and truths.

The coverlet's borders are apple blossoms and weeping willow trees.  The apple orchard at the park commemorates the fact that the Acadians were the first to plant apple trees in Acadia.  The Acadians, like the willow trees at Grand-Pre', cut from their ancestral roots because of the Deportation, took root in new lands.

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