In St. Martinville, Louisiana, a statue has been watching over locals for nearly a century. Called Evangeline, she’s an emblem of Cajun love and loss, and resilience through it all. Here’s the wild part: she was sculpted in the image of Mexican actress Dolores del Río, who starred as Evangeline in the 1929 film. Inspired by her olive skin, which was said to mirror that of the Acadian people of south Louisiana better than any American actress could, del Río gifted the statue to the town upon the

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