Nova Scotia History
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Heritage society preserves the Black Loyalist legacy of a historic N.S schoolhouseA one-room schoolhouse in Birchtown, N.S., that functioned from the 1800s until 1961 is now being used by the Black Loyalist Heritage Society as a museum.CanadaJan 18
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Gone and forgotten: The history buried in Nova Scotia’s abandoned cemeteriesIn the past year, Abandoned Cemeteries of Nova Scotia has charted nearly 100 burial sites scattered across the province.CanadaOct 24, 2021
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‘They’ve seen a lot of history’: Century-old military bagpipes return home to Nova ScotiaBrenda Steele says it was after visiting the Army Museum and seeing an exhibit on the 25th battalion that she was determined to have her grandfather's bagpipes on display, too.FeaturesFeb 3, 2021
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Museum returns 1945 treasures to descendants of Joseph HoweFolded beside the broach was a handwritten note: "Mosaic broach given to Lillian Crowell by her mother's cousin - Dorothy Howe Wilson, Weymouth, England in 1945."CanadaNov 26, 2020
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Joan Jones, who helped form black rights movement in Nova Scotia, dies at 79One of the women who helped build the black civil rights movement in Nova Scotia has died.CanadaApr 2, 2019
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Nova Scotia family selling a piece of Halifax Explosion historyA Nova Scotia family is looking for a new home for a century-old piano touched by the Halifax Explosion.CanadaNov 20, 2017
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Hope amid the rubble: How the disastrous Halifax Explosion sparked reformThe Explosion killed almost 2,000, injured 9,000, blinded 200 and left 25,000 homeless.CanadaOct 11, 2017
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Halifax plaque for man killed while abducting Nigerian villagers should be removed: activistAccording to one social activist, the plaque "represents white supremacy."NewsAug 18, 2017
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Ghost stories from the Halifax restaurant that once served as the Titanic’s morgueFive Fishermen Restaurant in downtown Halifax is a magnet for local foodies, tourists and ghost hunters.CanadaMay 8, 2017
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Collection chronicling four decades of African Nova Scotian civil rights launchedLynn Jones' collection documenting more than 50 years of civil rights and social justice struggles in Nova Scotia and beyond has been officially unveiled to the public.CanadaApr 13, 2017
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