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New Maryland Historical Trust Sign Unveiled
RECOGNITION GIVEN TO MARYLAND’S ACADIAN HERITAGE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Lynn Coppotelli
856-489-8654 x 312
Lynn@SmithPublicity.com
Nearly 260 years ago a small group of refugees landed on the shores of Maryland against their will. The year was 1755, during the outset of the French and Indian War, but a different war was being waged against the French Catholics - known as Acadians - as they were expelled from their lands in Nova Scotia, Canada. Four shiploads, carrying about 900 Acadians, were unloaded on the shores of Maryland in November 1755 and by 1770 the majority of these displaced Acadians left by ship to Louisiana.
Rarely discussed in history books, these Acadian people were the early settlers of Oxford, Newtown (today Chestertown), Georgetown, Fredericktown, Baltimore, Annapolis, Upper Marlboro, Lower Marlboro and Port Tobacco and many of their names are found in the Maryland 1763 Acadian census.
At the Manokin River Park on July 28, 2013 at 3:00 pm, a Maryland Historical Trust Sign will be unveiled, recognizing the Acadians' contribution to Maryland's mainstream history and experience on the Eastern Shore. Marie Rundquist, author of Revisiting Anne Marie: How an Amerindian Woman of Seventeenth-Century Nova Scotia and a DNA Match Redefine “American” Heritage and Cajun by Any Other Name: Recovering the Lost History of a Family and a People, in support of the Maryland Historical Trust marker program, researched and outlined the important and little-known story of the expulsion of the Acadians from their lands in Nova Scotia and their forced resettlement throughout the colonies, including the Chesapeake Bay area.
Rundquist states “Visitors searching for signs describing Acadian history in Maryland, and particularly their ancestors' experience on the Eastern Shore, will no longer be disappointed; by reading the Maryland Historic Marker in Princess Anne, they will discover the nearly hidden role of Acadians in Maryland's early history. Visitors will also find out about the remarkable, historic, Acadian connection that links Maryland's Eastern Shore with Nova Scotia, Canada and the Acadian (“Cajun”) people of Louisiana.”
The public is welcome to join the celebration and share in this historic event. Notable speakers include:
Warren A. Perrin has a Juris Doctorate degree from Louisiana State University School of Law, and is an attorney with the firm of Perrin, Landry, deLaunay, Dartez & Ouellet. From 1994 – 2010, he was President of CODOFIL (the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana), and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He was a member of the board of directors of the Congrès Mondial Acadien - Louisiane 1999, President of the Lt. Governor's Task Force of FrancoFête '99, and the founder of the Acadian Museum of Erath, Louisiana. In 1999, French President Jacques Chirac bestowed on him the French National Order of Merit Award and the Université Sainte-Anne in Canada gave him an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. He is the author of five books dealing with the French culture, including Acadian Redemption, the first biography of an Acadian exile that also tells how he obtained a successful resolution of his Petition for an apology from the Queen of England for the Acadian deportation. The Queen's Royal Proclamation was signed on December 9, 2003. The book was translated into French as Une Saga Acadienne. He represented Louisiana and the United States at the World Francophone Summits in Bucharest, Romania, Quebec and Switzerland. In 2007, he was inducted into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame. In 2012, he was named Chair of the Francophone Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
An Acadian genealogist and historian from Louisiana, R. Martin Guidry has studied the culture, language, history and genealogy of the Acadians for over 40 years. Marty is Immediate Past-President of the Board of Directors of the Acadian Memorial Foundation in St. Martinville, Louisiana and continues to serve as a member of the Board. He is President of Les Guédry d'Asteur - the North American association of the Guédry family. Marty has published numerous articles on Acadian history and genealogy, has presented seminars on the subject as well as conducted genealogical workshops. He oversees four genealogical websites and aids Acadian families seeking their family roots. Marty's research into the history and genealogy of the Acadians uses original civil and ecclesiastical records from the 1600's through the present-day.
Rex Simpkins is the President, Board of County Commissioners, Somerset County, since December 7, 2010 (member, representing District 2, since 2006; vice-president, 2006-10). Member, Board of Health, Somerset County, 2006-. Treasurer Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2013 (member, 2006-; 1st vice-chair, 2008; chair, 2009). Native of Somerset County, Maryland. Member, Legislative Committee, Maryland Association of Counties, 2011-.
Also present will be noted officials from Maryland State, Local, and Somerset County Government.
Update: Maryland historian Gregory Wood, author of A Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, plans to attend and present at the July 28th dedication in Princess Anne, Maryland at the Manokin River Park.
For more information, please contact Lynn Coppotelli at Lynn@SmithPublicity.com or Marie Rundquist at mrundqui@shentel.net.
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"Experience the History of Acadians in Maryland"
For the first time ever, the official, Maryland Tourism website invites visitors to our State to "Experience the History of Acadians in Maryland" and our unique story-- that has over 900 Acadians deported by the British to the State of Maryland after 1755 - is in the top 12 Activities to explore Maryland History and Heritage!
Thank you to the Tourism Office of the State of Maryland and my esteemed colleagues: R. Martin Guidry and Greg Wood who collaborated with me to bring this challenging project forward to a successful outcome. Acadian cousins will now be able to follow ALL of their ancestors' footsteps -- and encounter some of Maryland's most picturesque and beautiful areas when they do! Visit: http://www.visitmaryland.org/…/top-twelve-activities-to-exp
Thank you to the Tourism Office of the State of Maryland and my esteemed colleagues: R. Martin Guidry and Greg Wood who collaborated with me to bring this challenging project forward to a successful outcome. Acadian cousins will now be able to follow ALL of their ancestors' footsteps -- and encounter some of Maryland's most picturesque and beautiful areas when they do! Visit: http://www.visitmaryland.org/…/top-twelve-activities-to-exp
A Boy's Eye View of World War II ...by Frank H. Pierce, III.
In honor of Frank H. Pierce III, his family is once again publishing his beloved story, A Boy's Eye View of World War II and Other Reminiscences of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
A Boy's-Eye View of World War II and Other Reminiscences of Maryland's Eastern Shore, by Frank H. Pierce, is precisely that - the warm but extremely accurate account of "home front" life in a small town on Maryland's Eastern Shore during the War. Written as seen through the eyes of a young boy growing up in the small town of Princess Anne, Maryland during the Second World War, Frank Pierce's detailed account of his experiences on the Eastern Shore of Maryland during wartime is invaluable for the historian and any others interested in how World War II affected small-town America.
In his remarkably engaging history, Frank Pierce relates how World War II touched on all aspects of daily life in Princess Anne, Maryland: how gasoline and food rationing worked, what it was like to have a garrison of American Infantry suddenly thrust into the middle of the peaceful and isolated life of a small town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and how his close-knit community adjusted to several thousand German prisoners-of-war, camped not more than five miles away. In addition to recalling life on the homefront during World War II, Frank Pierce examines the isolated and insular nature of Eastern Shore of Maryland itself, a region either blessed or cursed by geography and the Chesapeake Bay to remain separate and distinct from the increasing urbanization of America's East Coast. With engaging insight, he analyzes the Eastern Shoreman's attitudes on race relations, on wetlands, farming, education, and even the controversial "right to bear arms." And he recounts the closure of this almost classic sociological isolation with the opening of the great Chesapeake Bay Bridge shortly after the War and the ultimate demise of what had become known as the "Eastern Shore Way of Life."
Frank Pierce, in his book, A Boy's-Eye View..., provides primary source information for the historian and the sociologist about the geography, people, and places of the Eastern Shore, including Princess Anne, Deal Island, Salisbury, Ocean City, Pocomoke, the Wetlands, among other locations, and provides rare insight into the lives and character of true Eastern Shoremen.
To inquire about ordering this wonderful keepsake book about life on Maryland’s Eastern Shore during the Second World War, in softcover or ebook formats, please contact Heritage Books.
A Boy's-Eye View of World War II and Other Reminiscences of Maryland's Eastern Shore, by Frank H. Pierce, is precisely that - the warm but extremely accurate account of "home front" life in a small town on Maryland's Eastern Shore during the War. Written as seen through the eyes of a young boy growing up in the small town of Princess Anne, Maryland during the Second World War, Frank Pierce's detailed account of his experiences on the Eastern Shore of Maryland during wartime is invaluable for the historian and any others interested in how World War II affected small-town America.
In his remarkably engaging history, Frank Pierce relates how World War II touched on all aspects of daily life in Princess Anne, Maryland: how gasoline and food rationing worked, what it was like to have a garrison of American Infantry suddenly thrust into the middle of the peaceful and isolated life of a small town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and how his close-knit community adjusted to several thousand German prisoners-of-war, camped not more than five miles away. In addition to recalling life on the homefront during World War II, Frank Pierce examines the isolated and insular nature of Eastern Shore of Maryland itself, a region either blessed or cursed by geography and the Chesapeake Bay to remain separate and distinct from the increasing urbanization of America's East Coast. With engaging insight, he analyzes the Eastern Shoreman's attitudes on race relations, on wetlands, farming, education, and even the controversial "right to bear arms." And he recounts the closure of this almost classic sociological isolation with the opening of the great Chesapeake Bay Bridge shortly after the War and the ultimate demise of what had become known as the "Eastern Shore Way of Life."
Frank Pierce, in his book, A Boy's-Eye View..., provides primary source information for the historian and the sociologist about the geography, people, and places of the Eastern Shore, including Princess Anne, Deal Island, Salisbury, Ocean City, Pocomoke, the Wetlands, among other locations, and provides rare insight into the lives and character of true Eastern Shoremen.
To inquire about ordering this wonderful keepsake book about life on Maryland’s Eastern Shore during the Second World War, in softcover or ebook formats, please contact Heritage Books.
"Maryland's First Woman Mayor" ...by Nancy Pierce
Appearing in the December, 2010 edition of Shoreline, published for the Members of the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, is an article about my great grandmother, Anna Matilda Brown, known by friends and family as "Mom Till," Princess Anne's first woman mayor. Mom Till was, in 1934, the FIRST woman elected mayor in the State of Maryland and the SECOND woman mayor elected in the United States! Enjoy Nancy Pierce's latest article about Mom Till, and others about the local history of Maryland's Eastern Shore, by contacting the Nabb Center at 410-543-5312 or emailing rcdhac@salisbury.edu.