We are grateful to Reverend Richard Santerre for permitting us to quote from his work The Franco-Americans of Lowell, Massachusetts, published by the Franco-American Day Committee of Lowell, MA, in June 1972. We have selected the following sections to reproduce here:
- The Beginning of an Epoch
- French Immigrants Arrive
- Opened Mission in Cellar
- Two Societies in 1868
- Memorial to Fr. Garin
- Advance in Politics
- French Culture
Other readings:
- Fond Memories of Little Canada and the Late Henri and Yvonne Matineau – submitted by Diane M. (Martineau) Brunelle
- Joseph Henri Guillet – Historic Leaves by Dora St. Martin
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