Keywords: École St. Pierre
Item 74893
St Peter's School, Lewiston, Class of 1910
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1910-06-16 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
