Try to make it to the day of Remembrance July 28, 2017 Get there early if you want to carry your family banner in the procession to the church. -----Original Message----- From: Visit St. Martinville <visitstmartinville@gmail.com> Press release for immediate release June 29, 2017 Contact Elaine Clément at 337-394-2233 or eclement@acadianmemorial.org St. Martinville July 2017 Calendar of Activities July 1, 2017.  BicentennialIndependence Day Extravaganza,4-11pm, music, fireworks, activities and contest for children and families.   337-394-2230 or 2233.         July 1, 2017.  Cajun-Creole Dutch Oven Cookers.  10am – 1pm. Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site.  Admission. 337-394-3754.    July 8, 2017.  Conversations around the Coffeepot.  Learn to play bourré in French.  French conversation and activities and tastings around a particular subject.  9 – 10:30am. Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site.  337-394-3754.   July 12,2017.  Genealogy workshop.   Delahoussaye, Naturalist.  10:00 a.m., Breaux Bridge Branch of the St.Martin Parish Library, 337-394-2258 or info@acadianmemorial.org   July 19, 2017,Acadian Memorial Foundation Annual Membership Meeting.  Guest speaker, Dr. Michael Martin,Center for Louisiana Studies, research and publications on Acadian and Louisiana history, 4pm, light refreshments. 337-394-2258 or info@acadianmemorial.org   July 22,2017.  Kiwanis Pepper FestivalPageant.  8am – 3pm, St.Martin Parish Sheriff`s Academy.     July 22, 2017.  Bushcraft.  Survival training in nature.  Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site.  Admission.  337-394-3754.   July 28,  2017 Day of Remembrance. The Acadian Memorial invites the public to take part in paying  tribute and honor to those Acadians who suffered deportation and exile in 1755 from their homeland, Nova Scotia, CA .   No Admission and begins at 3pm. 337-394-2258 or info@acadianmemorial.org Tourism Office City of St. Martinville 121 So. New Market St. St. Martinville, LA  70582 337-394-2233 337-394-2260 (fax) tourism@stmartinville.org