Along the Blackstone, Episode 5 - The French-Canadians in the Blackstone Valley

[@rougerider08]

Très intéressant! J'espère pourvoir visiter la vallée Blackstone, Woonsocket et en apprendre sur l'héritage canadien-français de cette région.

[@pierreboissonneault3846]

Qui perd sa langue, perd sa foi. My mother's father Paul Gingras would say this when we did not want to speak french, and he would force us to speak to him in french. Merci Grand Pere, aujourdui je me suis encore capable de parlez en francais. I live in Manchester NH and we share a similar history, including the half day french and half day english in Catholic school. The sisters of the Presentation of Mary, many of whom taught in Woosocket as well, taught us well and I would put the education we received up against any other.

[@swilson5320]

I wish there were recording of the accent

[@benjaminpion781]

“Bonjour Meees Amis…” Goddammit Bob, please do us Francophones a little respect.

[@jasoncroteau8013]

canada had a term french Canadians but most are not of french race. . it was forced on people such as Irish Portuguese, Italian Portuguese ,romani metis Acadian , and mikmaq canada and usa had governmental schools french Catholicism was also a type of welfare for the non french who left canada with the french church

[@bigfish3428]

Wtf are u talking about

[@jasoncroteau4953]

look at the immigration files they said illiterate people thats not always going to be french

[@jasoncroteau4953]

also did you read about what happened to the irish people in quebec ?

[@jasoncroteau4953]

my grandmother was mikmaq and irish they never gave her any vital records in canada or usa she died without any vital record just a fake name and fake papers

[@jasoncroteau4953]

her name was mary lanoue fake name pauline lanoue she was from membertous kin