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… accept into the collection. Please provide as much information as you can about the items. The Committee wants to know the experiences and … we will reach out to you to finish the donation process. If the Museum cannot accept your offer, we may suggest other museums for you to … Plan. The item expands upon themes related to immigration history in Canada. The item contributes to understanding the diversity of …
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… by the Nazi forces on September 8, 1943 and transported to Germany where he was held until liberated by the American armed forces on … of Chieti, the Medal of Merit of WAR for his internment in Germany for the period of September 8, 1943 - September 1, 1945. Following … to Pier 21 for the first time since first landing in Canada. The visit to Pier 21 was a moving primary experience for me as I did not …
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… hard, pursing a goal tenaciously, and taking pride in a job well done. He helped us appreciate how adversity brings out the best in a … a picturesque village in the Rheinland Pfalz region of south-west Germany, next to the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. Residents invariably … it. Dad told us that people in the village would wallpaper their outhouses with thousands of worthless bank notes. In 1930, Dad persuaded …
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… a carrier behind her, around the breathtaking Irish countryside. As we visited friends and relatives, away from the horrors of the war, Mother … lived in those hills. If you ever caught one, your every wish would come true.” Kay was reluctant to leave her family and beloved Ireland … of the other women from the community who would come for an afternoon visit. In 1960, I remember a beautiful sweater with skaters on the …
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Shackles like this reproduction, created by a blacksmith at Port Greville, Nova Scotia, were used on enslaved peoples in Canada. Courtesy of Dr. Afua Cooper. An interview with Russell Grosse , Executive Director of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, on the new exhibition A History Exposed: …
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… Nova Scotia was 2852 nautical miles and probably took better than one week. The accommodations in Third class were cramped and many … of Pier 21, eyes bright with hope but apprehension in their hearts, one wonders what passed through their minds as they saw the foreboding … new life was about to begin. This past July I had an opportunity to visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. I visited Pier 21 which stands in all its …
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… and could not move, we were so thrilled. It was the first time any of us had been in a car! The driver took us to the train station … out the train windows, seeing so much snow and so many isolated houses. I wondered how people lived surrounded by all that snow. On the … but we became used to it just like everyone else there. My father had come to Canada 6 years earlier and had a very good and secure job with …
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… to join her husband-to-be in Ottawa where they were married within one month of arrival in Canada. Following marriage, Cornelia and … a trip of a lifetime. I have very vivid memories of the trip from my house in Kortenhoef to the Holland-America's Wilhelminakade Quay in … in that she died in 1959, 5 years before I was able to return for a visit in the summer of 1964). I had very mixed feelings when I left the …
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… Worked on the sponsor's farm near Palmer Rapids, Ontario for about one year and after fulfilling all obligations of the sponsorship, moved … as our liberators in the spring of 1945 also influenced my decision to come to Canada. There were also many reports from Canada that it was a … a Dutch woman residing in the west end of Ottawa to see if I could visit her for the afternoon. I went over that afternoon and began a …
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Shackles like this reproduction, created by a blacksmith at Port Greville, Nova Scotia, were used on enslaved peoples in Canada. Courtesy of Dr. Afua Cooper. An interview with Russell Grosse , Executive Director of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, on the new exhibition A History Exposed: …