East Coast Trip 2024 - July 21

July 21: The group had a guided bus tour of Halifax including the Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax Public Gardens, Halifax Citadel National Historic Site and Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. The Fairview Cemetery is notable because many of the unidentified dead from the Titanic disaster are buried here. There are still many headstones with just a number and a death date - April 15, 1912, the date the Titanic went down. Since the Hollywood movie came out, there has been much interest in the cemetery. Next was the Public Gardens. The transformation of two adjoining gardens, a swampy piece of wasteland and a lovely bequest from an estate, began with the formation of The Nova Scotia Horticultural Society in 1836, under the advocacy of Joseph Howe, a politician and journalist. The NSHS’s aim was to advance the art of horticulture and the science of botany through the cultivation of new varieties of plants and cultural practices. We then went on a guided tour of the Halifax Citadel located in the heart of downtown Halifax, this strategic hilltop fort offers a commanding view of Halifax Harbor. (https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/halifax) To round off our day, we went to the Maritime Museum for a guided tour. The museum has many stories to tell. The first part of the tour is about the Mi’kma’ki and how when they were assimilated into the European culture they lost their crafts. The crafts have been revived and are being taught in their own schools so they may continue into the future. (https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/) We also saw scale models of many ships, including the Titanic, and items salvaged from the wreckage. We ended our day doing laundry and I have to thank Alan for leading that charge while I write the events of the day.  



















   

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  1. larrygalleonJuly 22, 2024 at 7:06 PM

    thank you sis for all the information about the history of the area, very interesting and thank you brother for doing the laundry! We love you both

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