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In addition to his determined political activities, LeBlanc was a staunch defender of preserving Cajun culture in Louisiana. He formed the Association of Louisiana Acadians and served as its President, working tirelessly to promote unions between Louisiana and Canada and France. LeBlanc devised and led three Official Pilgrimages of Louisiana Cajuns to [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]], and France, including [[Paris]] and Belle-Ile-en-Mer, the French island where many Acadians from Nova Scotia were exiled in the Acadian Deportation of 1755. He encouraged and arranged exchanges of students.
In addition to his determined political activities, LeBlanc was a staunch defender of preserving Cajun culture in Louisiana. He formed the Association of Louisiana Acadians and served as its President, working tirelessly to promote unions between Louisiana and Canada and France. LeBlanc devised and led three Official Pilgrimages of Louisiana Cajuns to [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]], and France, including [[Paris]] and Belle-Ile-en-Mer, the French island where many Acadians from Nova Scotia were exiled in the Acadian Deportation of 1755. He encouraged and arranged exchanges of students.
and teachers from Canada, France and other French-speaking territories to come to Louisiana schools and colleges, as Louisiana students and teachers did the same.
and teachers from Canada, France and other French-speaking territories to come to Louisiana schools and colleges, as Louisiana students and teachers did the same.
The national Democratic Party hence asked LeBlanc to campaign for Democratic candidates in French-speaking territories of the Northeast.<ref>{{cite book
The national Democratic Party hence asked LeBlanc to campaign for Democratic candidates in French-speaking territories of the Northeast.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hGE3CwAAQBAJ| title= Where These Memories Grow: History, Memory, and Southern Identity| author=W. Fitzhugh Brundage
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hGE3CwAAQBAJ|title=''Where These Memories Grow: History, Memory, and Southern Identity''|author=W. Fitzhugh Brundage|date=December 12, 2015| publisher=[[University of North Carolina]] Press|isbn=9781469624327|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref>
|date=December 12, 2015| publisher=[[University of North Carolina]] Press| isbn = 9781469624327|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref>
LeBlanc obtained $10,000 from the Louisiana State Legislature as a legislator for the creation of the Evangeline State Park, named after Evangeline, the heroine in the poem by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] entitled "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie."
LeBlanc obtained $10,000 from the Louisiana State Legislature as a legislator for the creation of the Evangeline State Park, named after Evangeline, the heroine in the poem by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] entitled "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie."