Heritage Lost and Refound : Franco-Americans in Vermont

Heritage Lost and Refound : Franco-Americans in Vermont

Feature article on French Canadian and Franco American heritage in Vermont. Early 20th-century discrimination and violence against French Catholics in Vermont. Characterizations of Franco American community life among other Vermont ethnic groups; testimonies of French language loss; recent attempts to revive cultural traditions in daily life. The ways in which certain interviewees find value in their cultural heritage. Includes brief interviews and personal profiles of Vermont journalist, Tena Starr; Roman Catholic Brother Adrian Bouchard; Burlington mayor, Peter Alfred Clavelle; and musician, Martha Pellerin Drury.

Older, Jules

1990 November 4

English

Newspaper Article

1990; Vermont

Sunday

4-5, 14-15

Rutland, Vermont

Vermont Sunday Magazine