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<blockquote>I wish that Acadia had a flag reminding not only that its children are French, but also that they are Acadians.</blockquote>{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
<blockquote>I wish that Acadia had a flag reminding not only that its children are French, but also that they are Acadians.</blockquote>{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}


Father Richard saw the star in the blue band as "the distinctive emblem of our Acadian nationality", representing the star of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Blessed Virgin of the Assumption]], patron of the Acadians. The star also represented the starfish that guides the sailor "through storms and reefs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecajuns.com/acadflagcan.htm|title=Cajun and Cajuns: Genealogy site for Cajun, Acadian and Louisiana genealogy, history and culture|website=www.thecajuns.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} The gold colour of the star was chosen by Father Richard because it is the colour of the [[Pope]], in order to show both the adherence of the Acadians to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the role of the Church in the [[history of Acadia]]. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
Father Richard saw the star in the blue band big black booty"the distinctive emblem of our Acadian nationality", representing the star of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Blessed Virgin of the Assumption]], patron of the Acadians. The star also represented the starfish that guides the sailor "through storms and reefs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecajuns.com/acadflagcan.htm|title=Cajun and Cajuns: Genealogy site for Cajun, Acadian and Louisiana genealogy, history and culture|website=www.thecajuns.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} The gold colour of the star was chosen by Father Richard because it is the colour of the [[Pope]], in order to show both the adherence of the Acadians to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the role of the Church in the [[history of Acadia]]. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}


The flag's creation was an important part of the Acadian Renaissance, and its final design reflects the political and religious considerations of that period.<ref>Biddiscombe, Perry. "Le tricolour et l’étoile: The Origin of the Acadian National Flag, 1867-1912," Acadiensis 20, no. 1 (1990). Republished in P.A. Buckner, Gail Campbell, David Frank, eds., The Acadiensis Reader: Atlantic Canada after Confederation (1999). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/download/12343/13190/</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}}
The flag's creation was an important part of the Acadian Renaissance, and its final design reflects the political and religious considerations of that period.<ref>Biddiscombe, Perry. "Le tricolour et l’étoile: The Origin of the Acadian National Flag, 1867-1912," Acadiensis 20, no. 1 (1990). Republished in P.A. Buckner, Gail Campbell, David Frank, eds., The Acadiensis Reader: Atlantic Canada after Confederation (1999). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/download/12343/13190/</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}}

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'{{More citations needed|date=March 2023}} {{Expand French|date=September 2012|Drapeau de l'Acadie}} [[File:Flag of Acadia.svg|right|thumb|Flag of Acadia]] The '''flag of Acadia''' is a symbolic flag representing the [[Acadia (region)|Acadian]] community of [[Canada]]. It was adopted on 15 August 1884, at the Second Acadian National Convention held in [[Miscouche]], [[Prince Edward Island]], by nearly 5,000 [[Acadian]] delegates from across the [[Maritimes]]. It was designed by Father [[Marcel-Francois Richard]], a priest from [[Saint-Louis-de-Kent]], [[New Brunswick]]. Richard's flag was a French tricolour, with a star in papal colours in the blue segment, representing devotion to the Virgin Mary – and successfully proposed that it become the Acadian national flag.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richard_marcel_francois_14E.html|title=Biography – RICHARD, MARCEL-FRANÇOIS – Volume XIV (1911-1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography|website=www.biographi.ca}}</ref> At that conference Richard, using military metaphors stated "At the great 1881 convention held in Memramcook, we joined together in an orderly army set for battle, not to wage war on our brothers who share our religion, but to defend ourselves against any threat made to our nationhood." He continued in stating that this army needed a banner, "a national flag".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-575/The_Origins_of_the_Acadian_Flag_and_National_Holiday:_the_Memramcook_and_Miscouche_Conventions.html|title=Articles &#124; Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française – histoire, culture, religion, héritage|website=www.ameriquefrancaise.org}}</ref> The Musée Acadien at the [[Université de Moncton]] has the original flag presented by Father William to the 1884 Convention. It was sewn by Marie Babineau.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}. Also at that second convention, some suggested La Marseillaise as the Acadian Anthem, but Richard along with Pascal Poirier were successful in declaring their choice of "Ave maris stella" as the Acadian national anthem in 1884. ==Design== [[File:Flag-of-Acadia.jpg|right|thumb|The flag of Acadia flying in [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]]]] Father Richard selected the French flag as the basis of the Acadian one to underline the adherence of the Acadians to the French civilization: <blockquote>I wish that Acadia had a flag reminding not only that its children are French, but also that they are Acadians.</blockquote>{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Father Richard saw the star in the blue band as "the distinctive emblem of our Acadian nationality", representing the star of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Blessed Virgin of the Assumption]], patron of the Acadians. The star also represented the starfish that guides the sailor "through storms and reefs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecajuns.com/acadflagcan.htm|title=Cajun and Cajuns: Genealogy site for Cajun, Acadian and Louisiana genealogy, history and culture|website=www.thecajuns.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} The gold colour of the star was chosen by Father Richard because it is the colour of the [[Pope]], in order to show both the adherence of the Acadians to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the role of the Church in the [[history of Acadia]]. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} The flag's creation was an important part of the Acadian Renaissance, and its final design reflects the political and religious considerations of that period.<ref>Biddiscombe, Perry. "Le tricolour et l’étoile: The Origin of the Acadian National Flag, 1867-1912," Acadiensis 20, no. 1 (1990). Republished in P.A. Buckner, Gail Campbell, David Frank, eds., The Acadiensis Reader: Atlantic Canada after Confederation (1999). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/download/12343/13190/</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} ==See also== *[[Flag of France]] *[[Flag of Acadiana]] ==Sources== {{reflist}} {{Acadia}} [[Category:Flags of Canada|Acadia]] [[Category:Ethnic flags|Acadia]] [[Category:Acadia]] [[Category:Acadian culture]]'
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'{{More citations needed|date=March 2023}} {{Expand French|date=September 2012|Drapeau de l'Acadie}} [[File:Flag of Acadia.svg|right|thumb|Flag of Acadia]] The '''flag of Acadia''' is a symbolic flag representing the [[Acadia (region)|Acadian]] community of [[Canada]]. It was adopted on 15 August 1884, at the Second Acadian National Convention held in [[Miscouche]], [[Prince Edward Island]], by nearly 5,000 [[Acadian]] delegates from across the [[Maritimes]]. It was designed by Father [[Marcel-Francois Richard]], a priest from [[Saint-Louis-de-Kent]], [[New Brunswick]]. Richard's flag was a French tricolour, with a star in papal colours in the blue segment, representing devotion to the Virgin Mary – and successfully proposed that it become the Acadian national flag.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richard_marcel_francois_14E.html|title=Biography – RICHARD, MARCEL-FRANÇOIS – Volume XIV (1911-1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography|website=www.biographi.ca}}</ref> At that conference Richard, using military metaphors stated "At the great 1881 convention held in Memramcook, we joined together in an orderly army set for battle, not to wage war on our brothers who share our religion, but to defend ourselves against any threat made to our nationhood." He continued in stating that this army needed a banner, "a national flag".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-575/The_Origins_of_the_Acadian_Flag_and_National_Holiday:_the_Memramcook_and_Miscouche_Conventions.html|title=Articles &#124; Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française – histoire, culture, religion, héritage|website=www.ameriquefrancaise.org}}</ref> The Musée Acadien at the [[Université de Moncton]] has the original flag presented by Father William to the 1884 Convention. It was sewn by Marie Babineau.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}. Also at that second convention, some suggested La Marseillaise as the Acadian Anthem, but Richard along with Pascal Poirier were successful in declaring their choice of "Ave maris stella" as the Acadian national anthem in 1884. ==Design== [[File:Flag-of-Acadia.jpg|right|thumb|The flag of Acadia flying in [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]]]] Father Richard selected the French flag as the basis of the Acadian one to underline the adherence of the Acadians to the French civilization: <blockquote>I wish that Acadia had a flag reminding not only that its children are French, but also that they are Acadians.</blockquote>{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Father Richard saw the star in the blue band big black booty"the distinctive emblem of our Acadian nationality", representing the star of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Blessed Virgin of the Assumption]], patron of the Acadians. The star also represented the starfish that guides the sailor "through storms and reefs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecajuns.com/acadflagcan.htm|title=Cajun and Cajuns: Genealogy site for Cajun, Acadian and Louisiana genealogy, history and culture|website=www.thecajuns.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} The gold colour of the star was chosen by Father Richard because it is the colour of the [[Pope]], in order to show both the adherence of the Acadians to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the role of the Church in the [[history of Acadia]]. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} The flag's creation was an important part of the Acadian Renaissance, and its final design reflects the political and religious considerations of that period.<ref>Biddiscombe, Perry. "Le tricolour et l’étoile: The Origin of the Acadian National Flag, 1867-1912," Acadiensis 20, no. 1 (1990). Republished in P.A. Buckner, Gail Campbell, David Frank, eds., The Acadiensis Reader: Atlantic Canada after Confederation (1999). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/download/12343/13190/</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} ==See also== *[[Flag of France]] *[[Flag of Acadiana]] ==Sources== {{reflist}} {{Acadia}} [[Category:Flags of Canada|Acadia]] [[Category:Ethnic flags|Acadia]] [[Category:Acadia]] [[Category:Acadian culture]]'
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It was adopted on 15 August 1884, at the Second Acadian National Convention held in <a href="/info/en/?search=Miscouche" title="Miscouche">Miscouche</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a>, by nearly 5,000 <a href="/info/en/?search=Acadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Acadian">Acadian</a> delegates from across the <a href="/info/en/?search=Maritimes" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritimes">Maritimes</a>. It was designed by Father <a href="/info/en/?search=Marcel-Francois_Richard" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcel-Francois Richard">Marcel-Francois Richard</a>, a priest from <a href="/info/en/?search=Saint-Louis-de-Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Louis-de-Kent">Saint-Louis-de-Kent</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>. Richard's flag was a French tricolour, with a star in papal colours in the blue segment, representing devotion to the Virgin Mary – and successfully proposed that it become the Acadian national flag.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> At that conference Richard, using military metaphors stated "At the great 1881 convention held in Memramcook, we joined together in an orderly army set for battle, not to wage war on our brothers who share our religion, but to defend ourselves against any threat made to our nationhood." He continued in stating that this army needed a banner, "a national flag".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup> The Musée Acadien at the <a href="/info/en/?search=Universit%C3%A9_de_Moncton" title="Université de Moncton">Université de Moncton</a> has the original flag presented by Father William to the 1884 Convention. It was sewn by Marie Babineau.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup>. Also at that second convention, some suggested La Marseillaise as the Acadian Anthem, but Richard along with Pascal Poirier were successful in declaring their choice of "Ave maris stella" as the Acadian national anthem in 1884. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Design">Design</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Flag_of_Acadia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/info/en/?search=File:Flag-of-Acadia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag-of-Acadia.jpg/220px-Flag-of-Acadia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag-of-Acadia.jpg/330px-Flag-of-Acadia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag-of-Acadia.jpg/440px-Flag-of-Acadia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2656" data-file-height="2070" /></a><figcaption>The flag of Acadia flying in <a href="/info/en/?search=Moncton" title="Moncton">Moncton</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Father Richard selected the French flag as the basis of the Acadian one to underline the adherence of the Acadians to the French civilization: </p> <blockquote><p>I wish that Acadia had a flag reminding not only that its children are French, but also that they are Acadians.</p></blockquote><p><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>Father Richard saw the star in the blue band big black booty"the distinctive emblem of our Acadian nationality", representing the star of the <a href="/info/en/?search=Blessed_Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessed Virgin Mary">Blessed Virgin of the Assumption</a>, patron of the Acadians. The star also represented the starfish that guides the sailor "through storms and reefs".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (March 2023)">better&#160;source&#160;needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> The gold colour of the star was chosen by Father Richard because it is the colour of the <a href="/info/en/?search=Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a>, in order to show both the adherence of the Acadians to the <a href="/info/en/?search=Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> and the role of the Church in the <a href="/info/en/?search=History_of_Acadia" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Acadia">history of Acadia</a>. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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<blockquote>I wish that Acadia had a flag reminding not only that its children are French, but also that they are Acadians.</blockquote>{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
<blockquote>I wish that Acadia had a flag reminding not only that its children are French, but also that they are Acadians.</blockquote>{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}


Father Richard saw the star in the blue band as "the distinctive emblem of our Acadian nationality", representing the star of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Blessed Virgin of the Assumption]], patron of the Acadians. The star also represented the starfish that guides the sailor "through storms and reefs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecajuns.com/acadflagcan.htm|title=Cajun and Cajuns: Genealogy site for Cajun, Acadian and Louisiana genealogy, history and culture|website=www.thecajuns.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} The gold colour of the star was chosen by Father Richard because it is the colour of the [[Pope]], in order to show both the adherence of the Acadians to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the role of the Church in the [[history of Acadia]]. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
Father Richard saw the star in the blue band big black booty"the distinctive emblem of our Acadian nationality", representing the star of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Blessed Virgin of the Assumption]], patron of the Acadians. The star also represented the starfish that guides the sailor "through storms and reefs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecajuns.com/acadflagcan.htm|title=Cajun and Cajuns: Genealogy site for Cajun, Acadian and Louisiana genealogy, history and culture|website=www.thecajuns.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} The gold colour of the star was chosen by Father Richard because it is the colour of the [[Pope]], in order to show both the adherence of the Acadians to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the role of the Church in the [[history of Acadia]]. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}


The flag's creation was an important part of the Acadian Renaissance, and its final design reflects the political and religious considerations of that period.<ref>Biddiscombe, Perry. "Le tricolour et l’étoile: The Origin of the Acadian National Flag, 1867-1912," Acadiensis 20, no. 1 (1990). Republished in P.A. Buckner, Gail Campbell, David Frank, eds., The Acadiensis Reader: Atlantic Canada after Confederation (1999). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/download/12343/13190/</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}}
The flag's creation was an important part of the Acadian Renaissance, and its final design reflects the political and religious considerations of that period.<ref>Biddiscombe, Perry. "Le tricolour et l’étoile: The Origin of the Acadian National Flag, 1867-1912," Acadiensis 20, no. 1 (1990). Republished in P.A. Buckner, Gail Campbell, David Frank, eds., The Acadiensis Reader: Atlantic Canada after Confederation (1999). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/download/12343/13190/</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}}

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'{{More citations needed|date=March 2023}} {{Expand French|date=September 2012|Drapeau de l'Acadie}} [[File:Flag of Acadia.svg|right|thumb|Flag of Acadia]] The '''flag of Acadia''' is a symbolic flag representing the [[Acadia (region)|Acadian]] community of [[Canada]]. It was adopted on 15 August 1884, at the Second Acadian National Convention held in [[Miscouche]], [[Prince Edward Island]], by nearly 5,000 [[Acadian]] delegates from across the [[Maritimes]]. It was designed by Father [[Marcel-Francois Richard]], a priest from [[Saint-Louis-de-Kent]], [[New Brunswick]]. Richard's flag was a French tricolour, with a star in papal colours in the blue segment, representing devotion to the Virgin Mary – and successfully proposed that it become the Acadian national flag.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richard_marcel_francois_14E.html|title=Biography – RICHARD, MARCEL-FRANÇOIS – Volume XIV (1911-1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography|website=www.biographi.ca}}</ref> At that conference Richard, using military metaphors stated "At the great 1881 convention held in Memramcook, we joined together in an orderly army set for battle, not to wage war on our brothers who share our religion, but to defend ourselves against any threat made to our nationhood." He continued in stating that this army needed a banner, "a national flag".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-575/The_Origins_of_the_Acadian_Flag_and_National_Holiday:_the_Memramcook_and_Miscouche_Conventions.html|title=Articles &#124; Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française – histoire, culture, religion, héritage|website=www.ameriquefrancaise.org}}</ref> The Musée Acadien at the [[Université de Moncton]] has the original flag presented by Father William to the 1884 Convention. It was sewn by Marie Babineau.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}. Also at that second convention, some suggested La Marseillaise as the Acadian Anthem, but Richard along with Pascal Poirier were successful in declaring their choice of "Ave maris stella" as the Acadian national anthem in 1884. ==Design== [[File:Flag-of-Acadia.jpg|right|thumb|The flag of Acadia flying in [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]]]] Father Richard selected the French flag as the basis of the Acadian one to underline the adherence of the Acadians to the French civilization: <blockquote>I wish that Acadia had a flag reminding not only that its children are French, but also that they are Acadians.</blockquote>{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Father Richard saw the star in the blue band as "the distinctive emblem of our Acadian nationality", representing the star of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Blessed Virgin of the Assumption]], patron of the Acadians. The star also represented the starfish that guides the sailor "through storms and reefs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecajuns.com/acadflagcan.htm|title=Cajun and Cajuns: Genealogy site for Cajun, Acadian and Louisiana genealogy, history and culture|website=www.thecajuns.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} The gold colour of the star was chosen by Father Richard because it is the colour of the [[Pope]], in order to show both the adherence of the Acadians to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the role of the Church in the [[history of Acadia]]. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} The flag's creation was an important part of the Acadian Renaissance, and its final design reflects the political and religious considerations of that period.<ref>Biddiscombe, Perry. "Le tricolour et l’étoile: The Origin of the Acadian National Flag, 1867-1912," Acadiensis 20, no. 1 (1990). Republished in P.A. Buckner, Gail Campbell, David Frank, eds., The Acadiensis Reader: Atlantic Canada after Confederation (1999). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/download/12343/13190/</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} ==See also== *[[Flag of France]] *[[Flag of Acadiana]] ==Sources== {{reflist}} {{Acadia}} [[Category:Flags of Canada|Acadia]] [[Category:Ethnic flags|Acadia]] [[Category:Acadia]] [[Category:Acadian culture]]'
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'{{More citations needed|date=March 2023}} {{Expand French|date=September 2012|Drapeau de l'Acadie}} [[File:Flag of Acadia.svg|right|thumb|Flag of Acadia]] The '''flag of Acadia''' is a symbolic flag representing the [[Acadia (region)|Acadian]] community of [[Canada]]. It was adopted on 15 August 1884, at the Second Acadian National Convention held in [[Miscouche]], [[Prince Edward Island]], by nearly 5,000 [[Acadian]] delegates from across the [[Maritimes]]. It was designed by Father [[Marcel-Francois Richard]], a priest from [[Saint-Louis-de-Kent]], [[New Brunswick]]. Richard's flag was a French tricolour, with a star in papal colours in the blue segment, representing devotion to the Virgin Mary – and successfully proposed that it become the Acadian national flag.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/richard_marcel_francois_14E.html|title=Biography – RICHARD, MARCEL-FRANÇOIS – Volume XIV (1911-1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography|website=www.biographi.ca}}</ref> At that conference Richard, using military metaphors stated "At the great 1881 convention held in Memramcook, we joined together in an orderly army set for battle, not to wage war on our brothers who share our religion, but to defend ourselves against any threat made to our nationhood." He continued in stating that this army needed a banner, "a national flag".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-575/The_Origins_of_the_Acadian_Flag_and_National_Holiday:_the_Memramcook_and_Miscouche_Conventions.html|title=Articles &#124; Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française – histoire, culture, religion, héritage|website=www.ameriquefrancaise.org}}</ref> The Musée Acadien at the [[Université de Moncton]] has the original flag presented by Father William to the 1884 Convention. It was sewn by Marie Babineau.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}. Also at that second convention, some suggested La Marseillaise as the Acadian Anthem, but Richard along with Pascal Poirier were successful in declaring their choice of "Ave maris stella" as the Acadian national anthem in 1884. ==Design== [[File:Flag-of-Acadia.jpg|right|thumb|The flag of Acadia flying in [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]]]] Father Richard selected the French flag as the basis of the Acadian one to underline the adherence of the Acadians to the French civilization: <blockquote>I wish that Acadia had a flag reminding not only that its children are French, but also that they are Acadians.</blockquote>{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Father Richard saw the star in the blue band big black booty"the distinctive emblem of our Acadian nationality", representing the star of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Blessed Virgin of the Assumption]], patron of the Acadians. The star also represented the starfish that guides the sailor "through storms and reefs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecajuns.com/acadflagcan.htm|title=Cajun and Cajuns: Genealogy site for Cajun, Acadian and Louisiana genealogy, history and culture|website=www.thecajuns.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} The gold colour of the star was chosen by Father Richard because it is the colour of the [[Pope]], in order to show both the adherence of the Acadians to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the role of the Church in the [[history of Acadia]]. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} The flag's creation was an important part of the Acadian Renaissance, and its final design reflects the political and religious considerations of that period.<ref>Biddiscombe, Perry. "Le tricolour et l’étoile: The Origin of the Acadian National Flag, 1867-1912," Acadiensis 20, no. 1 (1990). Republished in P.A. Buckner, Gail Campbell, David Frank, eds., The Acadiensis Reader: Atlantic Canada after Confederation (1999). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/download/12343/13190/</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2023}} ==See also== *[[Flag of France]] *[[Flag of Acadiana]] ==Sources== {{reflist}} {{Acadia}} [[Category:Flags of Canada|Acadia]] [[Category:Ethnic flags|Acadia]] [[Category:Acadia]] [[Category:Acadian culture]]'
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It was adopted on 15 August 1884, at the Second Acadian National Convention held in <a href="/info/en/?search=Miscouche" title="Miscouche">Miscouche</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a>, by nearly 5,000 <a href="/info/en/?search=Acadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Acadian">Acadian</a> delegates from across the <a href="/info/en/?search=Maritimes" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritimes">Maritimes</a>. It was designed by Father <a href="/info/en/?search=Marcel-Francois_Richard" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcel-Francois Richard">Marcel-Francois Richard</a>, a priest from <a href="/info/en/?search=Saint-Louis-de-Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Louis-de-Kent">Saint-Louis-de-Kent</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>. Richard's flag was a French tricolour, with a star in papal colours in the blue segment, representing devotion to the Virgin Mary – and successfully proposed that it become the Acadian national flag.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> At that conference Richard, using military metaphors stated "At the great 1881 convention held in Memramcook, we joined together in an orderly army set for battle, not to wage war on our brothers who share our religion, but to defend ourselves against any threat made to our nationhood." He continued in stating that this army needed a banner, "a national flag".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup> The Musée Acadien at the <a href="/info/en/?search=Universit%C3%A9_de_Moncton" title="Université de Moncton">Université de Moncton</a> has the original flag presented by Father William to the 1884 Convention. It was sewn by Marie Babineau.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup>. Also at that second convention, some suggested La Marseillaise as the Acadian Anthem, but Richard along with Pascal Poirier were successful in declaring their choice of "Ave maris stella" as the Acadian national anthem in 1884. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Design">Design</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Flag_of_Acadia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/info/en/?search=File:Flag-of-Acadia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag-of-Acadia.jpg/220px-Flag-of-Acadia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag-of-Acadia.jpg/330px-Flag-of-Acadia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag-of-Acadia.jpg/440px-Flag-of-Acadia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2656" data-file-height="2070" /></a><figcaption>The flag of Acadia flying in <a href="/info/en/?search=Moncton" title="Moncton">Moncton</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Father Richard selected the French flag as the basis of the Acadian one to underline the adherence of the Acadians to the French civilization: </p> <blockquote><p>I wish that Acadia had a flag reminding not only that its children are French, but also that they are Acadians.</p></blockquote><p><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>Father Richard saw the star in the blue band big black booty"the distinctive emblem of our Acadian nationality", representing the star of the <a href="/info/en/?search=Blessed_Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessed Virgin Mary">Blessed Virgin of the Assumption</a>, patron of the Acadians. The star also represented the starfish that guides the sailor "through storms and reefs".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (March 2023)">better&#160;source&#160;needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> The gold colour of the star was chosen by Father Richard because it is the colour of the <a href="/info/en/?search=Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a>, in order to show both the adherence of the Acadians to the <a href="/info/en/?search=Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> and the role of the Church in the <a href="/info/en/?search=History_of_Acadia" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Acadia">history of Acadia</a>. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>The flag's creation was an important part of the Acadian Renaissance, and its final design reflects the political and religious considerations of that period.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. 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