My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | O for Order

The Deportation Order of the Acadians was read in English on September 5, 1755, by lieutenant colonel John Winslow inside the Saint-Charles-des-Mines Church in Grand-Pré (Nova Scotia).

“Gentlemen,

“I have received from His Excellency, Governor Lawrence, the King’s Commission which I have in my hand, and by whose orders you are conveyed together, to Manifest to you His Majesty’s final resolution to the French inhabitants of this his Province of Nova Scotia, who for almost half a century have had more Indulgence Granted them than any of his Subjects in any part of his Dominions. What use you have made of them you yourself Best Know. Continue reading