Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Uncle Jimmy Landry – Played Hooky – Halifax, Nova Scotia

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My great Aunt Anna Bella Landry Bradley has left me with many stories about her family’s life in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  What follows is one ...
Sunday, June 30, 2019

Thank You Dad for Our Canadian/American Connections

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Thank you, Dad: Gerald "Jerry" Landry (1930-2000) For treasuring the Country and people of your father and mother’s ...
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Friday, May 31, 2019

The Armouries, a Great Uncle, and the Halifax Explosion

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The Armouries, Halifax, Nova Scotia Notman Studio Collection - 1899 Architecture has always intrigued me and a two-foot thick walled s...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Positive Life Lessons from the Halifax Explosion

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Positive life lessons are replacing the horrors of the Halifax Explosion that have run through my mind as I research and write my family’...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Aftershock – a quest to prove a man’s innocence – Halifax Explosion

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In the book, Aftershock, Janet Maybee was on a quest to prove a man’s innocence. That man was harbor Pilot Francis Mackey. Photo of  Fran...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Do you know James (Jim) Cody, survivor/rescuer of Halifax Explosion 1917?

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View from Waterfront  - Halifax Explosion - December 6, 1917        Wikimedia,org It was the morning of December 6, 1917 and the Mont Bl...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

Home Destroyed, Family Scattered - Halifax Explosion

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Monarch by Cal Shook The phrase “Home Destroyed, Family Scattered” was used by a Halifax Relief Commission worker to describe my great...