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… shirt and tie. In his pocket were his passport and immigration papers. The sun was shining and Gaetano Rossi was arriving at Halifax's Pier 21. This time, however, he had come by car from Toronto not by boat from Naples. He was 68 not 18. He … things worked and where we should go. The date was July 28, 2001 and my uncle was in Halifax for the first time since he arrived at Pier 21 …
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… of Art and Design in Vancouver and has taught photography for multimedia at Concordia and photography intervention courses in Cairo and … for dignity, respect, and justice. Tamara wrote, “Through this work, I want to amplify these people’s humanity first and foremost. I believe a … not stay any longer, I had already been jailed many times, I did not want to go back to prison. I came here with my daughter Laila. At first …
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… (Rasetta) Pier 21 Immigration Story aboard Vulcania, 1956 The adventure began on June 8, 1956 for my mother Elena DiGiandomenico, my sister Vera and me. I was nine years old and my sister was only 3. We left the security …
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… During a patrol in Italy, my husband, Byron Delaney, and his partner Encel Hennigar, were spotted … intervened, pushing the gun aside and crying "Nien, Nien!" Byron lay out all that night and was picked up by a West Nova Scotia Regiment …
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… "I can help" At the same time, she noticed that there were many young black musicians doing things that were not “typical” of Black musicians … “It’s a made-up word,” she says, “How I've labelled myself is inconsequential compared to what I am doing.” “The events offer the musicians financial …
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… Years of service: 1939-1945 Medals Received: 5 My father was in the RAF in England and did Commando training. He was in 'blue group' and landed in Caan on 'D' day. He survived two plane crashes during the war and is very lucky …
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… of Arrival: June 25, 1958 Age on Arrival: 20 I am honoured to have my name displayed at the Pier 21 Sobey Wall of Honour sponsored by my … and provided us milk at the end of the day. We lived outside the war zone and when food got scarce in 1945 my parents grew all our own food …
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… get her down. Her family’s home was quarantined due to her illness in the early days after their arrival in 1930 on the Duchess of Richmond . “Mostly I remember…the time my second brother arrived…I had scarlet fever. I can remember a crib in the kitchen and my brother was in it…our whole … A Scarlet Fever Quarantine and the Subsequent Adventures of a Spirited Little Girl …
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… Arthur Wright was born in London, England on May 19, 1898 the son of Robert Wright and Elizabeth Wright (nee … lied about his age (added a year to his true age) and enlisted in the 12th York Rangers and was transferred to the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force with the 35th battalion in the First World War at the age of 17 on Aug 18, 1915. …