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The pageantry was spectacular, the speeches long and the rain unrelenting as 2,500 people marked the 400th anniversary of the French settlement of St. Croix Island.
In ceremonies Saturday at Bayside, New Brunswick, just across the St. Croix River from Maine, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin paid tribute to the European settlers who came to the New World in 1604.See the full content of this document
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Rain-Soaked Attendees Celebrate Anniversary
"A small group of soldiers, settlers and craftsmen landed on this spot. Confronted with a rugged environment, but filled with dreams of adventure, riches of a better life, they wrote an illustri...
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