Halifax explosion

A view across the devastated city of Halifax, Nova Scotia after the Halifax Explosion, looking toward the harbor.

The 1917 explosion in Halifax that reverberated in Boston

Conflict

Nova Scotia hasn’t forgotten the generosity of the volunteers and doctors from Boston who rushed to the scene of the Halifax Explosion to help in 1917. And each Christmas, it sends a tall, sturdy thank-you southward.

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