Keywords: La Grande Hermine
Item 18401
Replica of Jacques Cartier ship, 1897
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1897-06-24 Media: Photographic print
Item 18410
St-Jean-Baptiste float, Lewiston, 1959
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1959 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
