Family-Friendly Fun Festival in Biddeford Maine! BIDDEFORD, Me– This year’s 40th anniversary Franco-American festival will be filled with entertainment, and traditions and celebrated in two events. First, the parade is on on June 10th, followed by the 40th anniversary festival on June 22-25th on Biddeford’s St. Louis Field! Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 10:00 AM Starts […]
Senator Susan Deschambault of Biddeford and a Franco-American is the Maine legislator who is leading the cause for the extension of the Lafayette Trail into Maine. Picpus Cemetery in Paris is of particular interest to American visitors, because it also holds the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), over which an American flag is always present*. […]
University of New England, Biddeford– Professor Emeritus Dr. Norman Beaupre described the Saint Francis High School and Saint Francis College origins of Heritage Plaza, located on the beautiful University of New England (UNE) campus in Biddeford. His presentation was a short oral history about the creation of this special meditation park. Check the full story […]
Maine is slowly experiencing the loss of a generation of Franco-Americans who dedicated their adult lives to building pride for their heritage. In fact, this sad reality became evident after attending the rare occasion of a dual funeral Mass on May 18, 2021, to celebrate the lives of Ronald and Aliette Couturier, at the beautiful Basilica […]
In fact, the Mill Clock has been a Franco American icon for at least four generations of people in the Biddeford community, and those who worked in the mills and made the city what it is today. A community group named Friends of the Historic Biddeford Mill Clock Tower are dedicated to protecting this as […]
Mrs. Emma Martin Morin of Biddeford, Maine was 95 years old when she died at home. She was the oldest Gold Star Mother of World War I, among those who were honored by the Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley unit of the American Legion auxiliary, in York County Maine. Her son Napoleon Morin was killed on August 8, 1918, […]
During a visit to the Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York Harbor, I went to the electronic immigration map. A visitor could select a nation of origin and find out where in the United State the immigrants from a particular selected country had settled. When I pressed the button for […]
MANCHESTER, NH – A friendly group of Franco-American leaders joined with like minded colleagues, academics and genealogists to plan a potential itinerary for a Franco-Route of New England. This project is a voluntary collaborative led by the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Its purpose is to open access to cultural tourism […]
