The Largest Explosive Disaster Until Hiroshima
It happened right on the East Coast of North America
“Chebucto School was turned into a morgue. I can remember seeing low sleighs piled high with the load covered with tarpaulin. The tarpaulin didn’t hide the fact that the load was bodies. I thought that all the legs and arms were covered with black stockings. It was years later that I realized there were no black stockings — that was burned or frozen human flesh. I remember this very vividly but at the time I did not realize the significance of what I was seeing. It didn’t upset me. This instance and the story of my Mother’s distorted face, make me thankful that I was too young to remember details and realize the horror of what I saw.”
— Jean Holder, Halifax explosion survivor, recorded 6 December 1985. Nova Scotia Archives MG 27 volume 9 number 4.
On November 19, 2019 a Christmas Tree arrived in Boston all the way from Nova Scotia in Canada.
The large tree’s arrival was a community event; people from all the region came to greet it. However, this wasn’t a marketing event for a Hallmark Christmas film. This gift was to commemorate a kind act from the people of Massachusetts over 100 years ago.
You might be thinking, what type of kind act garners 100 years’ worth of gratitude…
