Valentin Jautard

Valentin Jautard (c.1738  8 June 1787) was a French-born Canadian lawyer and journalist. [1] He is best known for his welcome of invading American troops in 1775 during the American Revolution, saying "our chains are broken, blissful liberty restores us to ourselves."[1]

Park

Place Valentin-Jautard, a small park in Montreal on Mont-Royal Avenue East, near the building of the Journal de Montreal newspaper, is named after Jautard.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Galarneau, Claude (1979). "Jautard, Valentin". In Halpenny, Francess G. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  2. Reference number 328444 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)


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