This panel will examine Franco American experience during and after World War I. This spring marks one hundred years since the first Red Scare, landmark pieces of linguistic and educational legislation in New England, and Franco Americans\u2019 Worchester convention, all which were closely connected to Francos\u2019 wartime experience.<\/p>\n
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