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By Deschênes, Gaston
The Motto of Quebec: “Je me souviens”
There was a time in the mid-20th century when Quebec schoolchildren capped off their weekly “flag salute” with a resounding “Je me souviens!” In those days, the provincial government emblazoned buildings, official communications and publications with its coat of arms, which bears the same motto. The Quiet Revolution spelled the end of the flag salute and saw the government replace the coat of arms first with the fleur-de-lis and then with a miniature Quebec's flag. But the motto returned to prominence in 1978 when the Lévesque government chose it to replace the La belle province slogan...
The English version of the Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America is online since December 15th, 2009. It features an ever growing number of articles, documents and resources on the heritage of French-speaking North America.
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