File:Flag of Acadiana.svg

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In 1965, Thomas J. Arceneaux of Lafayette Louisiana, former dean of Agriculture at the University of Southwestern Louisiana designed the Louisiana Acadian flag. A description of this flag follows:

To symbolize the French heritage and origin of the Acadians there are three silver fleur-des-lis on a blue background. To symbolize Spain, who governed Louisiana for 40 years and was in possession of the Louisiana territory when the Acadians arrived, the old arms of the Castille, a gold tower on a red field. The gold star on a white field represents “Our Lady of the Assumption”, Patroness of the Acadians. The star also symbolizes the active participation of the Acadians in the American Revolution, as soldiers under Galvez.

(Don Landry, 7 October 1997, crwflags.com) It was adopted in 1965 by the Comité acadien and in 1972 by the Louisiana state.

(Luc-vartan Baronian, 21 January 1998)

Date

26 September 2006 (original upload date)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:34, 20 March 2024	415 × 300 (12 KB)	HapHaxion	slim code // Editing SVG source code using c:User:Rillke/SVGedit.js
	20:41, 2 June 2022	415 × 300 (13 KB)	HapHaxion	Reverted to version as of 11:48, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
	09:23, 20 March 2022	1,280 × 925 (10 KB)	292Jacob	Fixes this one
	11:48, 6 June 2020	415 × 300 (13 KB)	Xophe84	Colors to match old French flag.
	21:42, 26 September 2006	415 × 300 (15 KB)	Lexicon	Modified position of star
	21:18, 26 September 2006	415 × 300 (15 KB)	Lexicon	Flag of Louisiana's Cajun community. {{PD-flag}}