Links
to Franco-American Cultural and Historical Facts
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The United States is connected to the Francophone world, as you might
expect,
through its foreign policy. But it is also connected from the inside,
through resident speakers of French, French Patois, French Creole and
Cajun French. Equally important are the connections through those
who claim heritage with geographic areas in the French-speaking world
(French Métis, French Huguenots, exiled Acadians, French
explorers, the coureurs des bois,
French Canadian factory workers in New England, French Catholic
missionaries, etc.),
and through the rich history of the role of French speakers in the
development of this country. One of the many things our
politically driven American history classes seem to gloss over is the
historical and cultural roles, often the very presence of French
speakers in the U.S., so I
have collected about 125 links pertaining to those aspects on a
national
or
regional level. For state level aspects, you should consult the
AATF's state advocacy pages, linked to:
