Both free and enslaved Black men were among those who served in the American Revolution, and a number of them had some connection to the historic town of Halifax. Frank McMahon, assistant site manager ...

This is a story of an old house that was built in what would become Halifax and two of the town’s oldest families who lived there. I’ll start in the year 1616 when in the north of Wales a young boy by ...

The document was first official action by an entire colony recommending independence. "We do get visitors who don't have any idea that we had the Halifax Resolves drawn up here or that we were part of ...

In Halifax County, history and nature come to roost. The American Revolution and the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park entertain and educate visitors. Whole new worlds – old and American, feathery and ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — “It’s all downhill from here,” joked Cameron Mitchell at the Halifax Citadel pedestrian gate. We were watching the changing of the guard. A group of middle school students, ...

The Public Gardens are a living testament to the Victorian era. And visitors welcome the respite from the urban atmosphere. Opened in 1867, this 16-acre public space – marked by an ornate metal ...

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