Dan Conlin

Historian, museum curator, author and flag enthusiast at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Opinions and tweets are my own.

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Information Morning - NS with Portia Clark - Dec. 17, 2024: Harbour dredging leads to presumed discovery of remnants of Halifax explosion https://t.co/Eb8XwJASVv

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I am giving an illustrated talk Thur night at 7pm in Kentville about the town's train that rushed to the rescue after the Halifax Explosion. Get there early if interested as these KHS talks are usually a full house.
Details: https://t.co/31wV9CwK1L

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A veteran Halifax seafarer recently passed away at 101. Patricia Martinson went to sea in WWII & served as a merchant officer until 1980. She had great stories! There is an obit in the Oct. 26 Chronicle Herald that is worth reading: https://t.co/XCihJjJdKE

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The municipal councillor candidates for District 9, Armdale Halifax West, are meeting the public today 4:30 to 6:30pm at 6418 Quinpool Rd (Oxford Tap Room upstairs). Good primer for the Oct. 19 municipal elections. (Info on voting here: https://t.co/E4Mue9NOfA )

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RMS Queen Mary 2 is in Halifax today. The historic "Doctor's Window" at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, where I work, has a great close-up view of this legendary Cunard liner. Love the rat guards on the mooring lines with paint schemes that matche QM2's hull!

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Today is the United Nation's The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. The new Pier 21 exhibition "A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada" is a great introduction to this, often-overlooked topic: https://t.co/3zes9PaIeA

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We have an intern program for new immigrants called “Welcome Home to Canada”. We have an annual employee showcase, a kind of a job fair to introduce participants to potential employers. This year it is on Oct 29. Details about meeting these talented new Canadians are attached.

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Today is Emancipation Day in Canada - a day to commemorate the abolishment of slavery. 

Here are 4 common myths you may hear or come across online that deny Canada's role in the Transatlantic slave trade or minimize its impacts. 🧵

[Matt Dagley @mattdagley]

Fort Point Museum donation keg stolen.

[Canadian Museum of Immigration @Pier21]

There's still time to take us home with you! Pick up your Mini-Museum play bricks kit by the awesome HFX BRX at our gift shop.

[Dan Conlin @conlin_dan]

@BowersWrites @Legion_Magazine A fine piece. Nice balance of the big picture of the context of closing the gap and the impressive details of the fighting! And thank you for crediting Lt. Don Grant for that famous shot of Curry in the act of winning the VC.

[Dan Conlin @conlin_dan]

@BowersWrites @OTDCanMilHis @Humbledore @AlexFitzBlack @normaegraham1 @LibTourKarl44 @JaysonGeroux @project4_4 @stemvik @1940Andy @jhkeess @RLitwiller @LeBrunJames81 @natehendley Ken Bell is an excellent idea. My book "War Through the Lens: The Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit 1941-1945" covers his wartime career. Dale Gervais' website also has references: https://t.co/Y547aErUgQ and there is this nice profile by a nephew: https://t.co/70EyxiVHfI

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A fine view of the bow of the ship Queen Mary 2, taken from "the Doctor's Window" in the Pier 21 gallery at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. RMS Queen Mary 2 is scheduled to leave at 5 pm today.

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We had a Canada Day Citizenship Ceremony at Pier 21 this morning. If you ever get a chance to take in one of these, go! They are very moving and fill you with hope for Canada's future.

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Queen Mary 2 is for Canada Day at Pier 21. Come down and see her and see us! We are free today with all kinds of fun activities - inside and out of the rain!

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The exhibition "Refuge Canada" opens today at the Chilliwack Museum and Archives in BC. It looks at the experiences of refugees and Canada's track record in responding to refugee crises. Packed with powerful features like this replica migrant boat, it runs until Sept. 20.

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@colour_history It'd be nice if you credited the photographer who made the image: Lt. Ken Bell of the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit.

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@oldcanadaseries This iconic photo is by Gilbert Milne, a Royal Canadian Navy photographer who covered the navy's landing craft at Juno Beach.

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Canadian photographers & cameramen like Ken Bell, Bill Grant and Gilbert Milne did outstanding work on D-Day Less well-known are some vivid colour shots like this one of followup wave landing on the still-smoking beach. Original at Library & Archives Canada.

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@banreportcards @oldcanadaseries It was taken on D-day, apparently at a German unit HQ or engineering office just in from the beaches. Love to know more but here's all that Library and Archives Canada have on it: https://t.co/P0D49c9q5A