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The Halifax Relief Commission was created to take over relief and rehabilitation work, as well as the reconstruction of the city. In 1965 the Relief Commission donated $100,000 to assist construction of library branch in the North End of Halifax which would serve as a memorial to those killed in the disaster. [1] The library was built in 1966.
Construction began in 1964 on the Halifax North Memorial Library, designed to commemorate the victims of the explosion. The library entrance featured the first monument built to mark the explosion, the Halifax Explosion Memorial Sculpture, created by artist Jordi Bonet. [154] The sculpture was dismantled by the Halifax Regional Municipality in ...
In 1966, the Halifax North Memorial Public Library was opened in memory of the victims of the explosion. Located on at 2285 Gottingen Street. The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge opened in 1955, changing the North End and the Halifax-Dartmouth region forever.
Halifax Historic District is a national historic district located at Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, US that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It includes several buildings that are individually listed on the National Register.
Roughly bounded by North Church, West Bryant, North Railroad, Liberty, North McDaniel, Whitaker, SW Railroad, Tucker and McGwigan Sts., East and West Burnette Aves. 36°10′53″N 77°40′04″W / 36.1814°N 77.6679°W / 36.1814; -77.6679 ( Enfield Historic
Lincolnton: Confederate Soldiers Memorial Drinking Fountain (1911) Louisburg: The Confederate Memorial Drinking Fountain (1923) is dedicated to North Carolinian Orren Randolph Smith, who designed the Stars and Bars, the first official flag of the Confederacy. It is five feet high, six feet across, and has separate "white" and "colored" drinking ...
Canadian Firefighters Memorial, Ottawa, dedicated in 2012 [5]; The Halifax Explosion of 6 December 1917 involved a blast and fires which killed more than 2,000 persons. One memorial work was the Halifax Explosion Memorial Sculpture which was located at the Halifax North Memorial Library, itself another memorial to the event.
Halifax is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States.The population was 234 at the 2010 census.It is the county seat of Halifax County. [4] It is known as "The Birthplace of Freedom" for being the location for the April 12, 1776, adoption of the Halifax Resolves, which was the first official action by a colony calling for independence.