And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes:
HALIFAX CELEBRATES 250TH UNDER CLOUD OF CONTROVERSY
CBC Radio News, WebPosted June 21, 1999
[S.I.S.I.S. note: The following mainstream news article may contain biased
or distorted information and may be missing pertinent facts and/or context.
It is provided for reference only.]
HALIFAX - Celebrations got underway Monday to commemorate the 250th
birthday of the founding of Halifax. But controversy over the founder of
the city threatened to mar the festivities.
Hundreds of people lined the Grand Parade during the lunch hour as the
mayors of the Halifax regional municipality and Annapolis Royal officially
kicked things off.
For weeks Mi'kmaq groups in Nova Scotia urged planners to leave the
city's founder, Edward Cornwallis, out of celebrations. They claim he's
responsible for atrocities against the Mi'kmaq people. Aboriginal leaders
in Nova Scotia have been asking the mayor to not even mention the name
"Cornwallis" at Monday's ceremony. They say the city should not celebrate a
man who issued bounties for the scalps of native women and children.
But after the opening ceremonies, Halifax mayor Walter Fitzgerald told
reporters he can't change history. "That was a long time ago, that's old
history and the Mi'kmaq tribes killed white people too. They probably
killed more than we did."
Halifax became the capital of Nova Scotia after the community of
Annapolis Royal relinquished the role in the 18th century. The mayor of
Annapolis Royal offered more conciliatory remarks on the founding of
Halifax. "Well I know the Mi'kmaq have no great feelings on Cornwallis. And
actually I was expecting a manifestation of some sort which wouldn't have
been out of keeping at all."
Instead, the celebration began and ended quietly. It will continue this
weekend with a re-enactment of a camp the first settlers of Halifax set up
on the Commons.
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