Canadian-American Center cited in Kennebec Journal article on national contest winners
The Kennebec Journal reported five students from Monmouth Academy received an award during a national history contest for a documentary they created on the Acadian deportation of the 1700s. The group’s presentation of their 10-minute documentary was chosen as the best presentation from Maine by the National Park Service during the National History Day contest at the University of Maryland. The expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal by the British of the Acadian people from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, also known as Acadia, the article states. According to the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine, the expulsion lasted from 1755 until 1778, and more than 10,000 Acadians were deported from their home in Nova Scotia. The Monmouth Academy group placed second during April’s state competition hosted by UMaine, allowing them to compete in the national competition in June, the Kennebec Journal reported.