Bretons of America or the history of migration

There are many of them, these Bretons, to have taken over America ... Back to these periods of migration and what left today

As Catherine de Siena said so well (1347-1380), "wherever the sun passes, a Breton passes" (" Mar Tremen An Heol, E Tremen ar Breizad »). Instead, understand "the Bretons are large travelers" and not "the Bretons flee the rain", of course.

It is in any case true that the Bretons are renowned for their move and that there are few places in the world where they have not stopped. There are more than 1.6 million Bretons emigrated between the 19th and 20th century. If the majority of them finally settled in other regions of France, many have been tempted by America - Even Rambo’s grandmother (which, you see it in image, is not afraid of the rain)!

"America, America, I want to have it and I would have it"

America, Joe Dassin wanted to have it. The Bretons saw it.

They arrive first in Canada and some believe that they settle there before the Malouin Jacques Cartier known to have, among other things, took possession of the "new lands". In 1608, the Quebec City Foundation pushed a large French colony to set up in Canada. Then, to conduct the American War of Independence (1775-1783), the French fleet, La Royale, based in Brest, has more than 10,000 Bretons, alongside Mediterranean ports.

After a slowdown in emigration across the Atlantic, in the 1900s, Bretons were new to Canada. There City of Gourin, for example, is well known for its strong emigration to the new world where the first settlers will found the city of Gourin City at the foot of the rocky mountains.

The lights of the large apple will then attract many Bretons (some installed in Canada, others who came directly from Brittany). Facts offer work and the recruitment sector is organized at the Bretons. A large part will return to Brittany, in trouble from the country, but others will remain and mark America with an undeniable Armorican imprint.

« Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? »

But yes Charles, what remains of the love of Bretons for America? There are many traces of their passages. From the smell of the sausage pancake in the New York district of Queens to the soccer players from Stade Brestois New York (or Breton stadium), these traces of Breton emigration persist in the United States. Even Kouign-Amann has conquered America. Sold $ 5, these 100% pure butter sweets were classified 2^th Put the most trendy discovered in 2011 (just after Canadian Putin), by readers of Huffington Post. It is also not uncommon to hear in the distance percussion, bombers and cornemuses to the rhythm of Breton bagads Guests as friends for the St Patrick festivals. And of course, the essential " Gwenn ha of »Often floats in the air during popular gatherings.

The Bretons have understood this: music, dance, cooking and parties allow you to make good friends by all continents. They are the vectors of a millennial story that we like to tell.

You can find Bretons "at any time and all over the world!" ”Thanks to the application (Breton necessarily) Stag. True evolution 2.0 of the "Armo-American" emigration networks which have formed a few centuries back ...

The association Breizh Amerika Also partherepates in the dynamics of cultural and economic exchanges by accompanying Breton startups in their first steps on the American market.