Tracing North

Towards my Acadian and Québécois roots | Vers mes racines acadiennes et québécoises

Category: History

  • I grew up in Massachusetts. As a child, my understanding of history was Massachusetts-centric. The Pilgrims. The Salem Witch Trials. The Boston Tea Party. The Battles of Lexington and Concord. I had one World History class in high school. I retained little beyond Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, posted in 1517. My understanding of the world…