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Juliana L'Heureux

About Juliana L'Heureux

Juliana L’Heureux is a free lance writer who publishes news, blogs and articles about Franco-Americans and the French culture. She has written about the culture in weekly and bi-weekly articles, for the past 30 years.

Franco-American Day honors Hall of Fame inductees

Merci a tout

AUGUSTA, ME: Merci Maine legislators! Excellent day of recognition in the Augusta State House honoring Franco-American Hall of Fame inductees: Donald Bisson of Biddeford, Robert Chenard of Waterville, Dr. Fern Dejardins of St. Agatha, Denis Ledoux of Lewiston/Lisbon, Victor, Mary Michaud of Augusta, Cathie Pelletier of Allagash, Danielle Sylvester of Winslow, Cecile Thornton of Lewiston […]

French-Canadian resistance to language supression

Quebec history in Canada began in 1604

French history and language in North America formally began in 1604, with the settlement on St. Croix Island, and the subject is the genesis for the film “Une histoire sur le goût de la langue”. This historic educational documentary describes, with expert narratives, how the French language managed to evolve and survive, in spite of […]

Congratulations to Claude Bonang of Brunswick

BRUNSWICK, Me– A well deserved recognition for Mr. Claude Bonang, was reported by Stacey Frizzle-Edgerton, the People Plus organizaiton’s executive director in February’s monthly newsletter. On January 16, the Maine Legislature joined with the Rotary Club of Brunswick and People Plus in Brunswick, to present Mr. Bonang with a Paul Harris Fellow, a prestigious Rotary […]

Franco-American archives at USM-LAC is celebrating!

USM LAC FAC

50 Years celebration for the Franco-American Collection in Lewiston: An anniversary exhibit and party invitation,.on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at 6:30 PM. A Franco-American Collection legacy celebration tribute to benefactor Madeleine Dinora Giguère (1925-2004). My meeting with Madeleine Giguère started with an unexpected telephone call from a gentleman who was reading the Franco-American columns published in […]

Discrimination against Franco-Americans during the 1920s

Mary Rice-Defosse and James Myall

February is national Black History Month, a time to remember, among other historic people, the life of Martin Luther King who was martyred on April 4, 1968, in Memphis TN, while he was providing leadership for the civil rights of local workers. He was an icon who rallied the nation to oppose racial supremacist organizations […]

Franco-American Collections in the Geisel Library at Saint Anselm College

Manchester New Hampshire

A press release from the Geisel Library at Saint Anselm College, in Manchester, NH, brings attention to the Lavalliere Franco-American Collection. MANCHESTER, NH- The Lavalliere Franco-American Collections at Saint Anselm College contain a collection of books and periodicals as well as a collection of manuscripts and archival materials collected by Franco-Americans in New Hampshire and […]

Bilingual and growing up speaking French in Lewiston

DowEast Magazine

Franco-Americans like Celia Bussière McGuckian, a Lewiston native who lives in Auburn, are thankfully writing about their family’s history. I am pleased to share an essay she composed and gave permission for me to share. Merci! In the past, Franco Americans comprised the largest ethnic minority in Maine, but, depending on where they were in this […]