In this edition hosts Julie Miller and François Roy discuss the Crimean War. Although it was fought far away in Europe, it was a significant war for Trois Rivières, and for the rest of Quebec, for a very particular reason.  You’ll hear about an event in 1855 which turned the tides for French Canadians when a ship docked in Trois Rivières with an unusual and unprecedented cargo. During these years a new spirit of friendship, trust, and openness was the air, and the alliances formed during the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856 laid the foundation for a friendly pact made between France and England called L’Entente Cordiale, which was formally signed later in 1904.