Keywords: Notre Dame De lourdes
Item 51428
Notre Dame School, Saco, ca. 1953
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1953 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 18407
Parade St-Jean-Baptiste, Lewiston, 1958
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1958 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
