Its figures represent actual documented Acadian refugees who arrived in Louisiana from about 1764 to 1788 and who settled in different parts of the state.
Some models are direct descendants of the figures they portray.
This mural is twinned with one in Nantes, France, also painted by Robert Dafford, which depicts the departure of Louisiana-bound Acadians from the port of Nantes in 1785. Left to right 1. Sponsored by the family of Jules Joseph and Marie Eunice Lassalle Broussard. He was a shoemaker in Nantes, France, who helped recruit more than 1500 Acadians to come to Louisiana in 1785. Arrived with parents, Marguerite Martin and Ren Robichaud.