Reference: Parks Canada News Release. (2024, November 14). "Parks Canada honours national historic significance of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil – leader and symbol of Acadian defiance to British rule: Today, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Member of Parliament for Moncton – Riverview –Dieppe, commemorated the national historic significance of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil with a special ceremony to unveil a plaque at Bore Park in Moncton, New Brunswick." Parks Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2024/11/parks-canada-honours-national-historic-significance-of-joseph-broussard-dit-beausoleil--leader-and-symbol-of-acadian-defiance-to-british-rule.html
From the news release: “As a province, we have faced a number of challenges in the last few years, including devastating wildfires and extreme flooding. As Nova Scotians, we pull together and we watch out for one another,” said Premier Houston. “These recipients embody the spirit of what it means to be part of a community. On behalf of all Nova Scotians, I want to recognize and thank them for acting selflessly and going above and beyond.” See: Premier Justice Office. (2024, October 22)."2024 Medal of Bravery Recipients Honoured." Government of Nova Scotia News Release. https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2024/10/22/2024-medal-bravery-recipients-honoured (Accessed October 24, 2024). "Elements of the Nova Scotia Medal of Bravery: the silver of the medal symbolizes peace and sincerity; the lion rampant symbolizes dauntless courage; the waving banner symbolizes the sea and celebration; the laurel leaves symbolize peace and triumph; and the blue velour of the presentation case symbolizes truth and loyalty. (Communications Nova Scotia / File)"
In his book, The Acadian Miracle, Author Dudley J. LeBlanc conveys the many atrocities suffered by Acadians and Indians alike, at the hands of the English, around the time of the Acadian removal. An excerpt from the book, "The Acadian Miracle: an act of unbelievable cruelty to the Acadians· and Indians by the English," published in the Micmac News in 1976, describes only a few of these instances; for example: Lawrence was advised after the exile, that quite a large number of Acadians were at La Have so he sent a ship there All the population that remained was transported to Halifax, put in dungeons and, four months later shipped to England. New cruelties must have been committed there, since we find the proof in a letter from General Amherst to Lawrence, indicating his disapproval of such conduct. He pointed out that a certain Captain Hazen was the principal guilty person, and added: "I shall always disapprove of killing innocent women and children." Reference:"The Acadian Miracle: an act of unbelievable cruelty to the Acadians· and Indians by the English." The Micmac News. Volume 6, No. 11, November 10 1976. The Beaton Institute. http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/newspapers/micmacnews/MicmacNews-1976-11.pdf pp. 17, 18, 19. (Accessed October 21, 2024).
About the Micmac News: https://beatoninstitute.com/micmac-news Original source: LeBlanc, D. J. (1966). The Acadian Miracle. Evangeline Publishing Company, Lafayette, LA. A wise nation preserves its records, gathers up its muniments, decorates the tombs of its illustrious dead, repairs its great public structures, and fosters national pride and love of country, by perpetual references to sacrifices and glories of the past." -- Howe |
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