Manchester City Library

The Manchester City Library invites you to an informative look at Franco-American history here in Manchester on Tuesday, May 10^th at 6pm! We will be hosting this program both in-person and virtually.

Manchester is just one example of the many industrial cities that attracted immigrants from Quebec in numbers large enough to warrant the creation and maintenance of an infrastructure of religious, educational, social, cultural, and commercial institutions that helped preserve this community’s language and traditions. Robert b. Perreault shares stories about life in one of America’s major Franco-American centers.

Robert B. Perreault has worked as a research assistant/oral history interviewer, librarian/archivist, freelance writer, historical tour guide, public speaker, photographer, and conversational French teacher to promote Manchester’s history and New England’s Franco-American culture since 1973. Perreault holds an MA in French with specialization in New England Franco-American studies from Rhode Island College and an MFA in Creative Writing/Fiction from SNHU. In June 2012, Manchester’s Centre Franco-American named him “Franco-American of the Year.”

For questions, call Caitlin at 603-624-6550 x3320 or email [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE: Due to COVID, we ask that all attendees wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status, and maintain a distance of 6 feet from other attendees. To ensure your seat, please sign up!

Visit www.manchesterlibrary.org and click on “Upcoming Events” to view the library calendar. Click here to be taken directly to the signup page, or copy and paste the link below into your browser.

http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=MANCHCITY&curName=2022/05/10_A_Taste_of_the_Old_Country_in_the_New:_Franco-Americans_of_Manchester