Memorial Church/L'église-souvenir

Memorial Church/L'église-souvenir (HM2LH3)

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N 45° 6.584', W 64° 18.743'

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L'église-souvenir
Un témoignage durable

L'église-souvenir représente l'attachement profond
du peuple acadien au lieu historique national du
Canada de Grand-Pré.

Construite en 1922 grâce à des fonds recueillis lors
d'une campagne de financement lancée auprès
des communautés acadiennes de toute l'Amérique
du Nord, l'église-souvenir symbolise l'essence du
nationalisme acadien et le désir profondément
enraciné de commémorer la tragédie de la
Déportation.

L'architecte René Fréchet de Moncton, au Nouveau-
Brunswick, prépare les plans qui s'inspirent de
l'architecture normande du XVII siècle.

Le style n'est pas une copie de l'église originale d'avant la Déportation dont on ne connaît pas l'apparence. A partir de fouilles archéologiques entreprises en 2001, il semble que l'église-souvenir soit en effet construite à peu près où se trouvait la première église paroissiale de Grand-Pré.


Memorial Church
An Enduring Tribute
The Memorial Church expresses the Acadians'
strong attachment to Grand-Pré National Historic
Site



of Canada

Built in 1922, with funds raised from Acadian
communities throughout North America, the
Memorial Church symbolizes the spirit of Acadian
nationalism and the deep-seated desire to
commemorate the tragedy of the Deportation.

Architect René Fréchet of Moncton, New Brunswick,
drew up the plans for the church, which reflect
Normandy-style architecture of the 1700s.

The design does not duplicate the original pre-Deportation church, whose appearance is unknown. Archaeological excavations in 2001 suggest the Memorial Church was indeed built approximately where the original Grand Pré parish church stood.


Légendes De Photos
(Photo Captions)


1 Monseigneur l'évêque Edouard LeBlanc bénit la pierre angulaire le 16 aout 1922 Image CEA, Université de Moncton (Bishop Edouard LeBlanc blesses the cornerstone,16 August 1922)

2 La dédicace de l'église-souvenir le 16 aout 1922 Image: CEA, Université de Moncton (Dedication of the Memorial Church, 16 August 1922).

3 Des ouvriers acadiens de la vallée de Memramcook, au Nouveau-Brunswick, ont contribué la construction de l'église-souvenir (Acadian workers from New Brunswick's Memramcook Valley helped construct the Memorial Church)
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HM NumberHM2LH3
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Date Added Friday, October 4th, 2019 at 8:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)20T E 396761 N 4995978
Decimal Degrees45.10973333, -64.31238333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 6.584', W 64° 18.743'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 6' 35.04" N, 64° 18' 44.58" W
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