Editing Acadians (section)

==Legacy==
[[Image:Evangeline - Saint Martinville.jpg|thumb|upright|A statue of Longfellow's ''Evangeline'' – at [[St. Martinville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]], Louisiana]]

American writer [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] published ''[[Evangeline]]'', an epic poem loosely based on the 1755 deportation. The poem became an American classic. Activists used it as a catalyst in reviving a distinct Acadian identity in both Maritime Canada and in Louisiana. [[Antonine Maillet]]'s novel ''[[Pélagie-la-charette]]'' concerns the return voyage to Acadia of several deported families, starting 15 years after the Great Expulsion.

In the early 20th century, two statues were made of the fictional figure of "Evangeline" to commemorate the Expulsion: one was installed in [[St. Martinville, Louisiana]] and the other in [[Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia]]. The Acadian Memorial (Monument Acadien) has an eternal flame;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acadianmemorial.org/the-eternal-flame.php |title=Acadian Memorial – The Eternal Flame |access-date=18 October 2012 |archive-date=16 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716093323/http://www.acadianmemorial.org/the-eternal-flame.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> it honors the 3,000 Acadians who settled in Louisiana after the Expulsion. Monuments to the Acadian Expulsion have been erected at several sites in the Maritime Provinces, such as at [[Georges Island (Nova Scotia)|Georges Island]], Nova Scotia, and at [[Beaubears Island]].