The annual Day of Commemoration of the Acadian Deportation is held as an attempt to understand how this tragic event has shaped the character of all of the Acadians — and how it has impacted ...

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

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 ...

Sometimes the answer to a puzzle sits right under our noses. That happened to me lately regarding a question I’d asked myself ...

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, the son replied, “You mean, our ancestors were ...

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 ...

— Shane K. Bernard, who holds a doctoral degree, is a historian residing in New Iberia and the author of “Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History” and other books.