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Walter Francis Lunn – A Fallen Soldier of The Great War: His Story

Walter Lunn – A Fallen Soldier of the Great War – by Kevin Lunn Walter Lunn was born in Newport Station, Hants County in 1894. At the start of the War, he volunteered for service with the 13th Battalion, the Royal Highlanders.  After a short training period, he was sent to the front lines in France. He […]

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Trecothick Creek

On a small hill overlooking the stream the Acadians built the second parish church of l’Assomption in village Landry. The graveyard was located nearby. The church and graveyard are long ago forgotten. The name of the stream during the Acadian period is unknown, but its rather unique current name is a reminder of a bygone era when the province was a small British colony, opening up to immigration.

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Some Literary Figures from Windsor’s Past

This article is taken from WHHS guest speaker Rev. David Curry, January 5 2006. Some Literary Figures from Windsor’s Past Deborah How Cottnam (“Portia”), Griselda Tonge & Sir Charles G.D. Roberts I want to thank the West Hants Historical Society for inviting me to speak about Some Literary Figures from Windsor’s Past. Your President has

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Thy Sweet Love Remember’d: A Poet & A Church

This address was given by Reverend David Curry on November 1st, 2007 to the West Hants Historical Society in Windsor, NS. “Thy Sweet Love Remember’d”: A Poet & A Church “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,” Shakespeare’s Sonnet # 29 begins, William Shakespeare, The Sonnets of Shakespeare (New York, Paddington Press, Royal Shakespeare

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