In January 1990, I prepared a petition and had it delivered to the British Crown. The petition sought a formal apology for their role 267 years ago in the 1755 Deportation of 18,000 Acadians from ...

In 1990, Perrin launched a petition to get Queen Elizabeth II to apologize for the Acadian Deportation from Nova Scotia in 1755. More than a decade later, ...

In 1755 however, the British Crown began the removal of Acadians, herding them onto British ships and setting sail for unknown destinations. Close Thanks for signing up!

In January 1990, I prepared a petition and had it delivered to the British Crown. The petition sought a formal apology for their role 265 years ago in the 1755 deportation of 18,000 Acadians from ...

In July 1755, British General Edward Braddock's expedition against the French Fort Duquesne, located at the site of what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had ended in an ambush that was to claim ...

“Whereas on 28 July, 1755, the Crown, ... My “Petition for an Apology for the Acadian Deportation” requested: 1) restoration of the status of “French neutrals;” 2) ...

It has been a long time coming, but Ottawa has officially recognized the deportation of the Acadians in 1755. Heritage Minister Sheila Copps made the proclamation in Ottawa Wednesday as the ...

When Lafayette attorney Warren A. Perrin tried to explain the internment to his 6-year-old son by comparing it to the Acadian expulsion of 1755 ... deportation from Nova Scotia, the Acadians and ...