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… by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:01:17 Transcript: At the heart of our exhibit, Empress of … Museum of History. And it’s one of the most beautiful ship’s bells I’ve seen in my career as a curator: that lovely filigree patterning on … of Ireland." It’s a magnificent bell—weighs nearly 600 pounds. It’s also, for its beauty, a very sombre, bronze, dark piece of nautical …
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… endowment fund. One million dollars was donated by, or in recognition of, each of the seven Nation Builders who have a connection to or an … who choose Canada as their home, will be remembered for generations to come. Our Nation Builders symbolize what it means to be Canadian. The … exemplify Canada’s spirit. Rudolph P. Bratty, B.A., LL.B., Q.C. The son of a carpenter who came from Friuli, Italy in 1922, he was born in …
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… Amin's motorcade whipping down the boulevard, forcing other vehicles off the road. The Sood family sit in the garden behind their home in … probably be shot by the military. And likely, so would the reporting officer. That’s when the Soods, both born and raised in Africa, decided …
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… Amin's motorcade whipping down the boulevard, forcing other vehicles off the road. The Sood family sit in the garden behind their home in … probably be shot by the military. And likely, so would the reporting officer. That’s when the Soods, both born and raised in Africa, decided …
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… Finding Support in the Bengali Community Time 0:02:03 Transcript I think whenever you meet your … friends or people from your own community the first thing is that you will be relaxed, relaxed in a sense that very quickly you can exchange some informations [sic] of the city and also you will get some mental …
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… what to say… In my country when the Burmese attack our land we were so worried that we couldn’t even cry because if they heard us they will kill us. The reason why we came to Canada is not because we just like to come. We came because our life is in danger and sometime the Burmese …
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… saying to report to Portland, Maine for your draft physical. They sort of got to give you a rating, whether you’re A-1, or A-2, or 4-F. … used to somehow do you in too, because apparently a lot of guys would complain about back problems, you know, carrying your backpacks and all … if I would have been one. I did not agree. I was a hundred percent against the Vietnam War. History has proved that, that was probably …
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… Hi Molly, It’s me. The man who loves you. I was so lucky to have you as a wife and to be with you for 25 years as your … have touched you more. I remember that first kiss in Corner Brooke. I can still taste it today so sweet so giving so wonderful. I remember … never walk alone and your excitement at the fans singing their hearts out. I remember Vimy Ridge and touching your uncle’s grave and renewing …
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… in the region of Calabria early in 1950, a year after his eldest son, Michele, was born. He first went to Belgium and then migrated to … the age of 29, Antonio left Wales in May, 1954. It was his hope that Canada would offer him the opportunity of re-uniting his family. He arrived in …
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… and thick coats, streets were piled up with snow like grey walls. Coming from Taiwan where we have six months of summer, I wondered how … same time, I was determined to stay strong for my children: feeling sorry for us was never our intention for immigration. Something had changed me then. Volunteering as a language tutor for an Indian newcomer family at the downtown public library, I clearly remembered how …