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UM Franco center to mark Longfellow's birthday Event to feature Acadian film, panel discussion

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From: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
Date: 20070228
Author:OF THE NEWS STAFF; DAWN GAGNON

ORONO - Members of Maine's Franco-American community this week will mark the 200th birthday of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Maine poet who immortalized the Acadian people in his epic "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie."

One of Longfellow's descendants, Layne Longfellow, will participate in a panel discussion Friday night at the University of Maine campus.

Among the events planned for the University of Maine's Franco- American Center are the showing of a film about Maine's Acadian people, a panel discussion, and traditional food and music, according to Lisa Desjardins Michaud, communications ...

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