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The first British lieutenant governor of Quebec, General James Murray, saw the weakness of Quebec City's defences (indeed, Murray's post existed precisely because the British had conquered Quebec City four years before Murray's appointment as governor in 1763). He urged the construction of a citadel, but the imperial government at Westminster ...
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
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The ramparts of Quebec City are situated atop Cap Diamont, a large promontory in the city. The ramparts encircled the western portions of the Upper Town of Old Quebec, with the other sides of the Upper Town protected by steep cliffs with a 90-metre-drop (300 ft). [15] The total length of the ramparts is approximately 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi). [5]
It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden. Long a regional holiday in the South, Juneteenth rose in prominence across the country following ...
1663 – Quebec became the capital city of New France, the population of Quebec and its surrounding farm lands had reached 1,950 people. 1663 – Petit Séminaire of Quebec founded. 1687-1723 – Notre-Dame-des-Victoires constructed. 1690 – The Battle of Quebec (1690) during King William's War. 1693-95 – Old Parliament Building (Quebec) built.
The Cumberland County area is gearing up to celebrate Juneteenth. Also known as Freedom Day or Juneteenth Independence Day, June 19 became a federal holiday in 2021 to commemorate the day in 1865 ...
Site Date(s) Designated Location Description Image 57-63 St. Louis Street [3]: 1705-1811 (period of construction) 1969 Quebec City: Three early eighteenth and nineteenth century stone houses within the walls of Quebec City's Upper Town at the foot of Cavelier du Moulin Park; a notable grouping of buildings from the French Regime