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  • An Incomplete Portrait of Canada
    … Photographs capture time. They tell fragments of stories. The Museum is full of photographs. In our permanent exhibitions, a huge floor-to-ceiling …
  • Vietnam Draft - Tom Corcoran
    … States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college deferment I had as far as the military was concerned. And then I …
  • Bombardier John Hamilton Glawson
    … John Hamilton Glawson 26 May 1923 – 2 August 2003 Member of Hartney Branch #26 & Brandon … Bette (born in 1931). During the depression, the family moved to a “soddy” (a small home constructed with sod blocks, twigs, thin branches … from Pier 21 in Halifax to Glasgow on the Letitia, a cargo ship. Jack said, “I was sick about one hour at sea and remained sick until …
  • Leonard Palmer
    … The Early Years Leonard Palmer was born on September 19, 1913 in England. He was … was like a mother to me. We hit it off from the start. … I enjoyed her company no end, she was like the mother I never really had.” After Mr. … On the way back to Cape Breton, he had a layover in Halifax and visited a recruiting office. They accepted him into the Army with the …
  • New school, new country, new challenges
    … stories of people starting school in Canada. Some are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few …
  • New school, new country, new challenges
    … stories of people starting school in Canada. Some are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few …
  • Marjorie Franklyne
    … to Canada. This new land held its arms wide open as the stilled ship lay in the harbour's quiet waters. As the ship slipped smoothly into … feasted on what to them was vast and perhaps somewhat on the barren side. My mother's mind slips back in time as memories of so long ago … are coming from England. After we were processed at the immigration shed, I seem to recall walking over a lot of train tracks or something. …
  • Maria Disipio nee Stenta
    … photographs. After 3 months of corresponding, Frank proposed and I said yes (at the age of almost 20, I was not yet married and considered … I left Italy to start my new life. Our passage was on a ship called 'La Roma' of the Lauro flotilla, and I arrived in Halifax on May 18th, …
  • Alfred Michael Micallef
    … propeller out of the water as the boat was tossed up and down like a toy. Many were seasick, even many of the crew, and Fred remembers … of those year ago, traveling to unknown parts, with no idea of what lay ahead, persevering through the years, giving to his children one of …
  • Mario DeMello
    … Time 0:01:35 Transcript Most towns had clubs, or institutes they called them. And they’re based on the British system. And these clubs were … a social gathering spot. So, the British had their own club, the Goan community had their own club, the Indian community had their own club. …

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