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… MY IMMIGRATION STORY April 27, 1959 was the day I arrived in Halifax, Canada along with my mother Maria and … in the aftermath of the war and he wanted to build a better life for his family, especially his daughters. He wanted to give us, above all, …
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… flag on the door and a guy there saying, “Are you Molloy?” “Yes.” “Come on with me.” And he said, “I’ll take you to the hotel.” And I said, “Uh no don’t take me to hotel. I’m—Where, where is Mister Saint Vincent?” “Oh, he’s at your office.” “Oh Office?” … So, I arrived there. And he’d, in the meantime, negotiated for the best office space in the town. There’s no furniture to be had so he’d, …
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… Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been drafted and served five … the U.S. Army during World War Two and seen enough to realize that war is not good. He was on the winning side and he survived it without any … my paternal grandparents who lived nearby, the grandparents I knew the best. By then my grandfather had died, but my grandmother, she was …
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… Country of Origin: Italy Date of Arrival: May 26, 1949 …
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… Lawrence Joseph Hebert November 27, 1920 - October 4, 2000 My father enlisted on June 16, 1941 and was discharged on January 26, 1946. He was in the first wave at Juno Beach on D-Day. That is all … Pte. Lawrence J. Hebert …
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… and anti-racism. During the residency Santiago continued to develop his play Long-Distance-Short (working title). On March 26, 2025 a local audience was treated to a participatory …
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… For 150 years, millions of people have come from far and wide to call Canada home. And while they each experience the challenges and … they call the Volendam In nineteen hundred fifty one, a Canadian to become. A call came out from St. Laurent to European shores Come to our … Thank You Canada …
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… by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:02:24 Transcript: One of the most compelling artifacts in our exhibition Refuge Canada is this desk set that contains a secret message for help. This desk set was given to a Canadian Immigration Official by a family in Germany about 1946. The official, Traugott Otto … Refuge Canada - The Ink Blotter …
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… and very proud to be a Canadian. I am a Canadian Citizen as of January 26, 1962. Before leaving for Canada - September 29, 1956 Visiting Pier …
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… years old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s house very early in the morning to go … in the middle of an industrial neighbourhood. Everything looked so vast and tidy but the loud noise from the traffic on the Metropolitan … grade which I had finish that summer in Italy. My aunt decided it was best for me to learn both languages so I was put in a bilingual class. …