Welcome back to Franco-American Pathways! We hope you had a great holiday, however you celebrate. In this longer episode, we present you with an interview we conducted in person, at our collection, with Ryan Fecteau, a young Franco-American and Maine’s Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Anna brought out a bunch of artifacts to share with Speaker Fecteau during our interview and we had a great conversation about his experience growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford, his career in politics, and his vision for Maine’s future.

Maureen also unearthed some compelling written documents pertaining to the history of Francos in Maine politics for La Collection Parle. Check out our blog for images of the archival materials we shared this week!

Très bonne écoute !

Hosts: Anna Faherty, Maureen Perry, Julia Rhinelander

Special Guest: Ryan Fecteau

Music: Robert Sylvain

Editing and Production: Julia Rhinelander