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… 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 & dad traveled throughout the world …
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… War Cemetery at Beny-Sur-Mer in Normandy, France. I went there to visit the grave of Gunner Roy F. Ludwig of the Canadian 12th Field … was six. My father joined the army in 1940. My sister was two, I was four and my brother was seven. My father sailed from Halifax on the … this Remembrance Day think of all those brave men and women who fought so we could be free. Free to travel where we want. Free to say what we …
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… to have been able to return to Italy a few times over the years to visit his family he left 50 years ago. …
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… Olive familiarized herself to a new way of life: without shops to visit daily and very few neighbours close by. Ralston and Olive settled …
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… from Italy in 1959. I was eight years old. I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night but I remember the day that we docked at Pier 21. … stands for. Tolerance, respect for other cultures. When I applied to come to this country, it was like a light inside of the darkness.My … to March 31, 2023. This period saw a welcome return to the patterns of visitation and activity that we were used to pre-pandemic. I would like …
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… landed at Pier 21 on the Aquitania in December, 1948. There were four of us, my mother and father, my little sister Tina, age 3 and … other half and survived. My father had an aunt who lived in Toronto, so we headed there first, on the train, just like the car at Pier 21. I … ago of Ahlzeimers disease at the age of 80. When I told him of my visit to Pier 21 last week and of the Sobey Wall of Honour, he …
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… Pier 21 today, as it was in years past, is a building. For visitors past and present, some find this site unmoving. They give … II Deck at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. After a long visit they said their goodbyes and Heather left the man to explore Pier …
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… and J.P. Le Blanc. My husband, Stephen Astephen, was waiting for our four year old son, Francis, and me at the dock. We traveled that … welcomed at the Pier by the Red Cross and other organizations) as far as Truro by car -- next day up through New Glasgow, Antigonish, and … the Royal Canadian Legion. Then the Saskatchewan War Brides came to visit Pier 21 in 1985 and were joined by the Nova Scotia War Brides. …
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… where we were to start a new voyage and adventure to our new home somewhere over the big sea. Zio Mimi would have been the most qualified … do this to us, I thought, but it had to be done to join my father in Canada. He had been away since 1956. For 10 days this was our home. For … riding on the train I had so many questions about that first trip. I wished my mother was still alive so I could ask how she handled our …
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… feel different. A few years later my family went back to Ethiopia to visit our extended family. When they took me to church, I didn’t know … When I want to work with other Africans I am defined by the country I come from or by the tribe my last name comes from. There is so much … myself with a tribe or a specific African country. I want to be known for my ideas and my beliefs. We cannot overcome poverty, corruption and …