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… 2018 opening of the Refuge Canada exhibition. First movement, Santiago de Cuba On January 1, 1959, Rafael Alcolado was a 12-year-old student at a Jesuit-run school, Colegio de Dolores , in Santiago de Cuba. That same day, on the other side of the island, former student of Dolores Fidel …
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… our country was at war. I joined, November 11, 1941 and remained until December 11, 1945. I requested to be a driver and loved the job. Basic … I became a motor mechanic; I took a course, and got 10 cents a day more! I used to give driving lessons to kids coming into Ordnance, … which was not great for sea-voyage ailments. We had two meals a day, in order to give room to the great numbers of troops being fed. In …
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… was presented and discussed by War Cabinet on June 17, 1940, the same day as the French Army surrendered. There were doubts the plan would proceed, but the scheme was approved by cabinet the same day. Mr. Atlee presented the Children's Overseas Reception Board plan …
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… An excerpt on immigration to Canada in 1920, taken from John Leyten’s memoirs “A present of my past … so they were going to sail across the ocean as soon as possible. That day finally came and having sold everything that they couldn’t take … all the way to Calgary, Alberta, North America. So on the appointed day, we went to Antwerp, Belgium, where this big steamship was waiting …
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… Heading for a Good Life in Canada By Carla White When Theodorus Jacobs (a.k.a. Theo) saw the … his wife Maria to Canada on March 5, 1954, he thought to himself, “welcome home”. This wasn’t the first time Theo would set voyage from the … upon returning from Indonesia went to Agricultural College for three days a week (a 20 km bike ride one way) – both of which would prove …
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… and volleyball are also enjoyed. In areas of Italy, where the Americans stayed during the Second World War, there is a strong, although … of Sicily is the flute. Opera is a well-known form of music to come out of Italy beginning as early as the 16 th century in Venice. … tarantella alone. Holidays Italy’s state holidays include New Years Day, Easter Monday, Labour Day (May 1) and Christmas Day and a list of …
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… immigrants and therefore did what they could to help others out. One day, between stations where we could buy food, our family ran out of bread and jam. A very kind elderly immigrant couple from Germany gave us some …
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… Bride, Mrs. Marjorie Barbara (nee Poole) MacBurnie, was interviewed Friday afternoon on January 25, 2002. She was born August 21, 1921 and … did many Canadian soldiers, George MacBurnie, stayed in England until D-Day, 1944. He was with the Canadian Ordinance Corp. and drove trucks …
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… and their son Justin flew to Halifax and were able to spend the day at Pier 21. It was exactly 50 years to the day that we arrived in … name, Otto Froese, on the Wall of Honour. It was a most memorable day. The displays, the film, the train, everything was very, very … 39, my stepsister Ruth 20 , I was 7, my brothers Peter (turned 5 that day) and Dirk 2, and my little sister Ute was 10 months old. Our nanny …
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… I was looking for. I remembered that after the war was over, the Canadians were looking good to me. Then, two boys in my neighbourhood … to get married before we left Holland, but the closer it came to the day of getting married and leaving the country for Canada, a sudden … Two days later, we saw Halifax on the horizon. To me, it could not come fast enough. The closer we came to the city, the darker the clouds …