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… After serving in the 2nd World War, Francesco Orlando immigrated to Canada and landed in Halifax in 1950. He came from Cellara Italy. His final destination was Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. He came with the …
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… Walter Emerson Servant (F-2477 Gunner) enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery on May 15, 1942 and was discharged Feb. 8, … He was the son of Emerson and Gladys (Porter) Servant. He began his surveying career in the timberlands of New Brunswick, and after …
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… new members. A famous Lebanese Poet, Gibran Khalil Gibran, once said, ‘I felt in my heart to give a little because I was given so much.’ That is why I give, and Pier 21 is a wonderful … Each year, we share with over 130,000 visitors the story of how one nation is built from countless journeys. At a time when the …
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… I was born on August 29, 1936 in Tarcento, a town in the north-eastern Friuli region of Italy. My father was a carpenter who worked not only in Italy, but also in France … easy task seeing as I am the youngest of eight children (seven boys, one girl). After completing my studies in elementary school, I studied …
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… landscape? The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 invited visitors to find out by exploring the temporary exhibition Shaping Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes . Visitors discovered the ways groups and individuals maintain and produce their …
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… quite a few citizenship ceremonies in my life. If you have not been to one, I suggest you look into it. The excitement, the joy, the pride, … like they really belong in Canada after receiving their citizenship. This specific moment holds a lot of power for many people, and we wanted … are precious in museums. It is in this moment that they realise that becoming a citizen is not easy. That would-be-citizens are expected to …
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… Saturnia, to Palermo, to Genova, to Portugal and finally to Halifax. When we disembarked, we looked like a herd of people. My parents … had some papers to fill but didn’t know how. My father remembered that one officer, with a smile, he helped with sign language. During our …
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… While in a Nazi concentration camp, Rebecca Teitelbaum risked her life to secretly record the recipes of fellow prisoners. She included her own recipe for orange cake, a dish that she … in a bowl. Step 2: Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla, the eggs, one at a time. Step 3: Add the dry ingredients and alternate with …
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… 10 days on the ocean. Dad would joke that they came on their 25-year honeymoon before dad was able to return to Holland. Mom took several … 1957 in Marydale, NS where they purchased a farm. They had decided to come to Canada with the hope of owning their own farm. Many relatives came from Holland to visit us at the Maas farm. One of the favorite places to take visitors was the Cabot Trail. Mom & …
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… I arrived at Pier 21 on the beautiful Aquitania on March 23rd of 1946. The Aquitania was made … bunk beds. Many girls were very seasick on the voyage over. I was one of the lucky ones and was able to help with the children and … see him for the first time in civilian clothes, but when he took off his trilby hat and I saw his curly red hair, I know it was my Vic. We …