In April 2024, I created signs related to my thesis “Beausoleil Marks the Spot”: Commemorating Le Grand Derangement in Loreauville, Louisiana. This thesis was a hybrid project that included a research paper and two signs designed for Loreauville, Louisiana. Both components of this thesis focus on the nearly 200 Acadian holdouts who arrived in Louisiana in 1765 following Le Grand Derangement. The goal of the signs was to create a truthful commemoration and Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil serves as the anchoring connection between Acadie and Louisiana. This thesis uses his journey as a result of Le Grand Derangement to follow the other Acadian refugees who arrived along the Bayou Teche in Louisiana.
Taylor Suir 