{"id":434,"date":"2023-11-23T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T21:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/?page_id=434"},"modified":"2024-02-28T18:22:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T23:22:49","slug":"8-16-aout-1955","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/8-16-aout-1955\/","title":{"rendered":"August 8-16, 1955"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Acadian Miracle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In the summer of 1955, Acadians commemorated the bicentenary of the deportation of their ancestors between 1755 and 1762. Throughout the Maritimes the occasion gave rise to a multitude of local events. However, it was large-scale celebrations that attracted the most attention. From Moncton to Grand-Pr\u00e9, historical pageants, folk concerts, religious celebrations, banquets, and parades followed one after another. All culminated on August 15, Assumption Day, the national holiday. Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Radio-Canada<\/em> televised these events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representatives of important Acadian institutions, such as the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 mutuelle l\u2019Assomption<\/em>, organized these celebrations. They hoped to encourage popular political involvement and provide new impetus to the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 nationale l\u2019Assomption<\/em> (SNA), which was to be given a permanent office.

These celebrations blended tradition and modernity. On the one hand, they reiterated the \u201cprovidential\u201d message that Acadia was saved by its faith. On the other, they demonstrated a resolute focus on Acadia\u2019s recent progress and anticipation of a better, more modern future. No trace of rancour was shown towards the perpetrators of the events commemorated; indeed, the theme of the Moncton parade was \u201cAcadie triomphante ou l\u2019Acadie de 1955\u201d (Triumphing Acadia or Acadia in 1955).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These celebrations had many reverberations. For example, Baig\u2019s of Moncton invited the public to a \u201cbicentennial bomb\u201d to clear out its furniture inventory (L\u2019\u00c9vang\u00e9line<\/em>, August 11, 1955). In Quebec, too, the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montr\u00e9al<\/em> gave Acadia pride of place in its June 24 parade (Le Devoir<\/em>, March 30, 1955). Among French-speaking minority communities, events were covered by newspapers (La Libert\u00e9 et Le Patriote<\/em>, August 13, 1955; La Survivance<\/em>, August 10, 1955).

National holidays are sometimes used to create new traditions. The first tintamarre, a form of popular demonstration in which the crowd is invited to make as much noise as possible, symbolized the continuing presence of Acadians in the territory. The practice has since spread to French-speaking communities across Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title of the document :<\/strong> Programme des f\u00eates du bicentenaire, 1755-1955.

Date\u202f:<\/strong> 1955

Reference:<\/strong>\u202f: Universit\u00e9 de Moncton, Centre d\u2019\u00e9tudes acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson (CEAAC), Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 nationale de l\u2019Assomption, dossier 41-24-7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about this topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labelle, Roland. \u00ab\u202fTintamarre, une nouvelle \u201ctradition\u201d en Acadie\u202f\u00bb, L\u2019Encyclop\u00e9die du patrimoine de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique fran\u00e7aise.<\/a><\/span>

Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Radio Canada. En ao\u00fbt 1955, \u00e0 Moncton et partout en Acadie, c\u2019est la tenue du premier tintamarre!<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Printed sources <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u202fLes Acadiens de Montr\u00e9al f\u00eateront le bicentenaire\u202f\u00bb, Le Devoir<\/em>, 30\u202fmars 1955, p.\u202f12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u202fLe bicentenaire des Acadiens devrait \u00eatre c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 par tous les Am\u00e9ricains d\u2019origine fran\u00e7aise\u202f\u00bb, La Survivance<\/em>, 10\u202fao\u00fbt 1955, p.\u202f2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u202fLes f\u00eates acadiennes\u202f\u00bb, La Libert\u00e9 et le Patriote<\/em>, 13\u202fao\u00fbt 1955, p.\u202f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u202fL\u2019Acadie toute enti\u00e8re est en all\u00e9gresse\u202f\u00bb, L\u2019\u00c9vang\u00e9line<\/em>, 12\u202f ao\u00fbt 1955, p.\u202f1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bourque, St\u00e9phanie. \u00ab\u202fUne solidarit\u00e9 \u00e0 reconstruire? L\u2019Acadie vue par la presse qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise (1930-1960)\u202f\u00bb, th\u00e8se de ma\u00eetrise (histoire), Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caron, Caroline-Isabelle. \u00ab\u202fSe souvenir de l\u2019Acadie d\u2019antan\u202f: repr\u00e9sentations du pass\u00e9 historique dans le cadre de c\u00e9l\u00e9brations comm\u00e9moratives locales en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse au milieu du 20e si\u00e8cle\u202f\u00bb, Acadiensis,<\/em> vol.\u202f36, no\u202f1 (2007), p.\u202f55-71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McLaughlin, Gilbert. \u00ab\u202fEntre comm\u00e9moration et festivit\u00e9\u202f: l\u2019interpr\u00e9tation conflictuelle du Grand D\u00e9rangement chez l\u2019\u00e9lite acadienne\u202f\u00bb, Acadiensis<\/em>, vol.\u202f45, no\u202f2 (2016), p.\u202f27-48.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pichette, Robert. \u00ab\u202fSanctifi\u00e9 dans la captivit\u00e9; vivifi\u00e9 par la foi\u202f: L\u2019\u00c9glise en Acadie et la comm\u00e9moration des \u00e9v\u00e9nements de 1755\u202f\u00bb, \u00c9tudes d\u2019histoire religieuse<\/em>, vol.\u202f75 (2009), p.\u202f109-124.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poplyansky, Micheal et Joel Belliveau, \u00ab\u202fDe l\u2019Assomption \u00e0 la f\u00eate nationale acadienne\u202f\u00bb, dans Joel Belliveau et Marcel Martel (dir.), Entre solitudes et r\u00e9jouissances\u202f: les francophones et les f\u00eates nationales (1834-1982)<\/em>, Bor\u00e9al, 2021, p.\u202f253-283.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard, Sasha. \u00ab\u202fComm\u00e9moration et id\u00e9ologie nationale en Acadie. Les f\u00eates du bicentenaire de la D\u00e9portation acadienne\u202f\u00bb, Mens,<\/em> vol.\u202f3, no\u202f1 (2002), p.\u202f27-59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viau, Robert. \u00ab\u202fM\u00e9moires acadiennes de la D\u00e9portation\u202f\u00bb, Port Acadie<\/em>, no\u202f22-23 (2012), p.\u202f77-101.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Le \u00ab miracle acadien \u00bb \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 1955, les Acadiens et Acadiennes comm\u00e9morent avec faste le bicentenaire des d\u00e9portations subies par leurs anc\u00eatres entre 1755 et 1762. L\u2019occasion donne lieu \u00e0 une multitude de manifestations locales partout dans les Maritimes. Toutefois, ce sont surtout les c\u00e9l\u00e9brations de grande port\u00e9e qui retiennent l\u2019attention. De Moncton \u00e0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60472210,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_contact_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_events_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_video_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_portfolio_piece":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-434","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pfdu74-70","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60472210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions\/2170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}