The gratitude we feel is undiminished, and I only wish more people in Boston were taught about how, in a time of destruction and devastation, their city was a bastion of compassion and invaluable aid.
On December 6, 1917, a Norweigan relief ship and a French munitions ship collided in Halifax Harbour. The resulting explosion remained the largest man-made explosion until Hiroshima, and flattened a large part of Halifax and Dartmouth. Debris landed 5 kilometres away from the impact site, 10,000 people were wounded or killed, and approximately 30,000 people were left either homeless or without proper shelter and facilities.
And then the snow storm hit, burying the wreckage in 16 inches of snow.
With the city left in tatters, two days later having had to clear the rails to travel, Boston’s aid arrived– blankets, food, surgeons, nurses, and a fully-equipped base hospital. It was desperately needed and made all the difference in the world to a city in shock. It was the kind of unthinking kindness, an automatic response to neighbours hurting and in need, that restores faith in humanity.
And so we send a tree every year and this year the donors were Bill and Andrea MacEachern of Lorne, Pictou Co.
Mr. MacEachern competed in the Boston Marathon in 1996 on its 100th anniversary and placed in the top five per cent. The MacEacherns are donating their 15 metre (49 feet) white spruce that is about 72 years old.The article goes into more detail, but that’s the gist.
And so thank you.
And Merry Christmas.
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which food is this
Best viewed through a lens covered in mushed up peas, apparently.
Been rewatching Cardcaptor sakura and she wears such nice clothes !!!!
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15 things girls should NEVER wear in public
1. Shoes made of broken glass
2. Untested jetpack
3. Meat tunic in feral dog country
4. Full suit of armor in the pool
5. High heels in a horror movie
6. Deer costume during hunting season
7. A fake bomb vest at an airport
8. An actual bomb vest
9. Glitter eyeshadow that contains botfly pheromones
10. Deodorant scented with baby vomit
11. Loafers that are actually just dead seagulls you jammed your feet into
12. Leaky backpack full of cream of mushroom soup
13. Necklace made of human ears
14. Dress made of angry wasps
15. Mohair sweater that is currently on fire
I’m sick of posts like this telling women what not to wear based on some arbitrary rules of “fashion.” I live in feral dog country and i look great in a meat tunic
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A beautiful white one piece with blue toile scenes spanning across. Accented with pink ruffles on the bust and thighs. Sold on Etsy.
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MAPLE CRUSHIN IT
maple is doing a beautiful job
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