Ask the History Buff – Episode 4: St. Jean Baptiste Day – Politicized

After the British Conquest, St. Jean-Baptiste Day was not celebrated again until the 1830s. However, it soon became a part of French Canadian identity. It was politicized during the Quiet Revolution and all religious aspects were consequently stripped from it.

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