Acadian Flag Raising
Thu. July 28, 2005 - Boston City Hall - Boston, MA
 

In observance of the first annual "Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval" as set forth in Queen Elizabeth's 2003 proclamation, The Acadian Cultural Society will be hosting a flag raising ceremony at Boston City Hall in Boston, MA on Thursday July 28, 2005 from noon to 1pm. We will remember the 250th anniversary of the deportation by flying the Acadian flag with words and song. The guest speaker will be Acadian genealogist and historian Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. We urge all New England Acadians to join us and take time to remember this sad event in our history. For more information, contact ACS President Bruce Caissie at (508)-234-8856 or by email to brucekc365@netscape.com

Speaker's Bio:
LUCIE LEBLANC CONSENTINO - Proud owner of the Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home website, editor of the Ancestral Home Newsletter, and a genealogist-for-hire, Lucie was born and raised in Massachusetts. Married to Anthony, she has two daughters: Rebecca married to Tyler Hains, and Sarah. In addition to having served as Vice-President, Conference Chair, Acadian Acquisitions person, Web site Coordinator, and Board Director of the American Canadian Genealogical Society of Manchester, New Hampshire, she is also a member of the Lawrence Heritage Genealogical Group in Lawrence, Massachusetts. She has been published in the American-Canadian Genealogist, Michigan's Habitant Heritage Journal, the Lawrence Eagle Tribune and the Roots - Racines- Késsinnimek e-zine and is often invited as a speaker. She was a presenter at two events at CMA 2004 (Congrès Mondial Acadien) - one at Grand-Pré and the other at the LeBlanc Family Reunion. She was also honored as an invited participant in the CMA 2004 Closing Mass and Ceremonies.

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