Travel by Ancestry -- to Louisiana Day, CMA 2014

 Visit the Congrès mondial acadien 2014, Louisiana Day celebration, August 18th, 2014, in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada!  Visit all of the activities and be present for the presentation of the long-awaited, Acadie, Then and Now : A People’s History (L’Acadie, hier et aujourd’hui : l’histoire d’un peuple (bilingue)).  Click here to view the flyer and click here to view the list of contributing authors. Click to view the current CMA launch schedule: Programme pour la Journée de la Louisiane

BOOK LAUNCH DATES & LOCATIONS:

• Both English and French editions of the book will be launched at 1:30 pm on Monday, August 18 in Grand Falls, New Brunswick. The media event will be held on Louisiana Day at the EXPO-MONDE site. The address is: E & P Centre Senéchal, 60 Rue Ouellette, Grand Falls, N.B.
• The following day, Tuesday, August 19, both editions of the book will be launched at 10:00 am at the Acadian Archives of the University of Maine. Address: 23 University Drive, Fort Kent, Maine. 
• In Lafayette, Louisiana, the book launch will be at 11:00 am, on Sunday, September 28 at the Vermilionville Living History & Folklife Park, followed by music. Andrepont Publishing will distribute the book in the United States and worldwide through their partners. For more information, visit www.vermilionville.org.  The Bal du dimanche (Sunday dance) will start at 1:00 p.m.
• In the U. S., the book may be ordered from Warren A. Perrin (perrin@plddo.com), Acadian Museum (www.acadianmuseum.com), or Andrepont Printing (www.andrepontprinting.com), and in Canada from La Grande Marée at jouellet@nbnet.nb.ca. On the web, the book will be available with Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com.
  
• Acadians from around the world are showcased in a unique new book (in English and French) about the Acadian diaspora, which focuses on their communities in the United States, Canada and France.
  
  

*All profits of the book will be distributed to Acadian Museums in the United States and Canada.

Authors at the Louisiana Day book launch: August 18, 2014, Grand Falls, New Brunswick