Acadian World Congress

[1] An earlier series of Acadian national conventions (:fr:) occurred from 1881 to 1979 in the Atlantic Canada region of Acadia.

The official opening ceremony took place on August 13, 1994 at Aboiteau Beach in Cap-Pelé, in the presence of Jean Chrétien, the Prime Minister of Canada, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary General of the UN, Frank McKenna, Premier of New Brunswick, Alfred Siefer-Gaillardin, Ambassador of France to Canada, Claude Ryan, Minister of Municipal Affairs of Quebec and Antonine Maillet, writer.

The second congress was held from July 31, 1999 to August 15, 1999 in several parishes in Louisiana, including, Terrebonne, Lafayette, East Baton Rouge.

The 1999 event featured the reunions of over 80 Acadian families, three major concerts (Houma, Oak Alley Plantation, and Lafayette Cajundome), and academic conferences centered on economics, culture, women's issues, genealogy and genetics.

The theme song was "Je reviens au Berceau de l'Acadie" by Grand Dérangement and Carole Daigle.

The Official Opening took place on July 31 at Université Sainte-Anne and was centered around the theme of the return to ancestral lands.

The kick-off was launched at Abram-Village, Prince Edward Island during a night run on the Confederation Bridge.