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    home to the Grand-Pré National Historic Site. On June 30, 2012, the Landscape of Grand-Pré was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Grand-Pré was founded...
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  • Grand-Pré may refer to: Carlos de Grand Pré, governor of the West Florida in 1805 and of the Natchez District Grand-Pré National Historic Site, a park...
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    Grand-Pré National Historic Site is a park set aside to commemorate the Grand-Pré area of Nova Scotia as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755...
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    The Battle of Grand Pré, also known as the Battle of Minas and the Grand Pré Massacre, was a battle in King George's War that took place between New England...
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    The Grand Prix of Long Beach (known as Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach since 2019 for naming rights reasons) is an IndyCar Series race held on a street...
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    was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1979. Grand-Pré Park is a National Historic Site of Canada situated in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, and preserved as a living...
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    The siege of Grand Pré happened during Father Le Loutre's War and was fought between the British and the Wabanaki Confederacy and Acadian militia. The...
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    The Raid on Grand Pré was the major action of a raiding expedition conducted by the New England militia Colonel Benjamin Church against French Acadia...
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    the ocean.   Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pré.     Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient...
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    house in the villages surrounding Grand Pré. At exactly the same time as Winslow read the expulsion orders in Grand Pré, September 5 at 15:00 hrs, Captain...
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    area began in about 1680, when Pierre Melanson established his family at Grand-Pré. The Acadians prospered as farmers by enclosing the estuarine salt marshes...
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  • District and of the Natchez District. Grand Pré was born in New Orleans, and was baptized Charles Louis Grand Pré on 25 October 1745, at the parish church...
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    British-ordered expulsion of Acadians in 1755 which is memorialized at Grand-Pré in the eastern part of the valley. New England Planters moved in to occupy...
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    fair trade chocolate factory in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia. Just Us! has two cafés in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia and wholesales to many...
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    Battle of Grand Pré. During Father Le Loutre’s War, the conflict continued. The Mi'kmaq attacked New England Rangers in the Siege of Grand Pré and Battle...
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    make matters worse, Carman's first book of poetry, 1893's Low Tide on Grand Pré, was not a success; no Canadian company would publish it, and the U.S...
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    Expulsion: one was installed in St. Martinville, Louisiana and the other in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. The Acadian Memorial (Monument Acadien) has an eternal flame;...
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    Mary GrandPré (/ˈɡrænpreɪ/ GRAN-pray; born February 13, 1954) is an American illustrator best known for her cover and chapter illustrations of the Harry...
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    response, the Acadians and Mi'kmaq orchestrated attacks at Chignecto, Grand Pré, Dartmouth, Canso, Halifax and Country Harbour. The French erected forts...
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    numerous battles against the British in the Raid on Grand Pré, Battle of Grand Pré, and the Siege of Grand Pré. After forcibly expelling the Acadians, British...
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  • Gros Morne Head-Smashed-In Old Québec Joggins Kluane Tatshenshini-Alsek Grand-Pré L'Anse aux Meadows Miguasha Mistaken Point Nahanni Lunenburg Pimachiowin...
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    British troops in the Battle of Grand Pré. Broussard and other Acadians supported the French soldiers in the Battle of Grand Pré. Ramezay elicited more support...
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    Acadia (category Pre-Confederation New Brunswick)
    conducted the Battle at Port-la-Joye on Île Saint-Jean and the Battle of Grand Pré. Despite the British capture of the Acadian capital in the siege of Port...
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    2024. "The 2024 F1 pre-season test in numbers". Formula1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2024. Benson, Andrew (2 March 2024). "F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: Max Verstappen...
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  • lived near a large meadow, from French grand 'large' + pré 'meadow', or a habitational name from Grandpré or Grand Pré, names of several places in various...
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    Arthur Noble (category People from pre-statehood Maine)
    of the War of the Austrian Succession). He was killed in the Battle of Grand Pré. He was born in Enniskillen, Ireland, and immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts...
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  • participated in and was later charged for his involvement with the Battle of Grand Pré. During Father Le Loutre's War, after the construction of Fort Beausejour...
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  • Noble refused an offer to surrender and was shot dead. The massacre at Grand-Pré, as the battle became known, was in vain, however, as the French once...
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    the Birth of a Symbol 1806–1907: The Acadian Renaissance". Landscape of Grand Pré - A World Heritage Site. Section: The Acadian Renaissance. UNESCO. Retrieved...
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  • Marguerite Mius d'Entremont (1649–1714), married Pierre Melanson, founder of Grand-Pré Jacques Mius d'Entremont, 2nd Baron of Pobomcoup (1654–1736), married...
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