-----Original Message----- From: John and Gayle Smith Breaux Genealogy Presentation   Hello cousins and friends,   For the Acadian Memorial Festival in April, I put together a power point presentation featuring our Breaux family’s roots from France to Acadie to exile in Massachusetts and then to Louisiana.  The pictures are from our trips to France in 2008 and Canada – Nova Scotia and New Brunswick – in 2009.   I have been requested to make the presentation again for National Acadian Day (see below).    If you did not have an opportunity to be in St. Martinville for the Acadian Memorial Festival, then you will have two opportunities to hear the stories.  Also, you may know Breaux cousins who might enjoy the presentation, so please feel free to share this email with others.    Gayle Breaux Smith Baton Rouge, LA   SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2010, 10:00 a.m., Baton Rouge Genealogical & Historical Society Bluebonnet Regional Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA.   SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m., National Acadian Day Museum of the Acadian Memorial, 121 S New Market Street, St. Martinville, LA     Note:  If you google National Acadian Day, there are several choices to search.  Here's one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Acadian_Day   FUTURE EVENT for your calendar:  September 30 – October 9, 2011 Grand Réveil Acadien / Great Acadian Awakening (Louisiana): Website:  http://www.gra2011.org/ This will be a one week gathering of Acadians from around the world.  The entire Acadiana Region will open its doors to welcome family and friends, who want to celebrate and assist in helping preserve the Acadian/Cajun culture, customs, traditions and history. The "Grand Réveil Acadien / Great Acadian Awakening” will be held the week before Festival Acadiens et Créoles and will close with a huge celebration of renewal on the last day of the Festival.