If you live in Boston or Halifax you likely know Boston’s Christmas tree is an annual gift from Halifax. Since 1971 Halifax has sent a tree to Boston. Fifty years of tree giving. This isn’t inconsequential. The cost of transporting a tree 700 miles to Boston surely add up. So why make the commitment at…
How did I get on this track? Surely I’d have been better off looking for the best kale salad? But I’m in search of the best fried food. I know where it started. I blame Halifax. I’ve had exceptional fish & chips, and I keep chasing it in restaurants around the northern Atlantic Ocean trying…
March 17th is of course St. Patrick’s Day, and Boston celebrates this day as well as anyone with the parade in South Boston and taverns overflowing with Irish and Irish-for-the-day revelers. But Boston has another reason to celebrate the day that is unique to the city. On March 17, 1776 Boston’s long siege ended as…
Halifax & Boston The connection between Halifax and Boston is similar to a sibling relationship. Boston receives their Christmas tree from Halifax every year as a thank you for Boston’s role in supporting Halifax after the December 6, 1917 explosion that killed almost 2000 people. Boston’s medical ships arrived well before the Canadian government reacted,…
Overlooking Halifax and the harbor beyond it is the Citadel. Situated high up on a hill, the star-shaped fort has sweeping fields of fire for the soldiers who manned it. Both rifle fire and the cannon designed to swivel to provide a wide arc of fire on any ship daring to challenge from the harbor…
Pier 21 People in the United States look to Ellis Island as the port of entry for many of the immigrants to our country. In Canada, Halifax was that port, and Pier 21 was where people were either welcomed or turned away. I visited Pier 21 on a rain-soaked day a year ago. Like Ellis…