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New York City ❤️🩵💙💜 I’m making my f

New York City ❤️🩵💙💜
I’m making my first visit to NYC, for Christmas!!!
So, tell me… what walking tours should I go on? What neighbourhoods should I stroll through? Tell me your recommendations!!!

I’ve already got a few galleries & shows lined up, but I want to know about walking tours and smaller, out of the way quiet places I should check out, especially walking tours!
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#newyork #newyorkcity #walknewyork #walkingtour #newyorknewyork #newyorkfoodie #newyorknewbie #newyorkchristmas #christmasinnewyork

Captain George A. Borden ( 1936 - 2020) had a care

Captain George A. Borden ( 1936 - 2020) had a career of 30 years in the Canadian military. In honour of his grandfather who served in the all Black, No. 2 Construction Battalion in World War 1, Borden wrote this Remembrance Day poem - have you heard of it? ⁠
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Every year, the poem is read at Remembrance Day services in Preston, Nova Scotia. ⁠
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Black Soldiers’ Lament⁠
The bugle called and forth we went⁠
To serve the crown our backs far bent,⁠
And build what ere that must be done;⁠
But ne’re to fire an angry gun⁠
No heroes we no nay not one.⁠
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With deep lament we did our job⁠
Despite the shame our manhood robbed.⁠
We built and fixed and fixed again,⁠
To prove our worth as proud black men⁠
And hasten sure the Kaiser’s end.⁠
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From Scotia port to Seaford Square⁠
Across to France the conflict there,⁠
At Ville La Joux and Place Peronne⁠
For God and King to right the wrong –⁠
The number two six hundred strong.⁠
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Stripped to the waist and sweated chest⁠
Mid-day’s reprieve much needed rest.⁠
We dug and hauled and lifted high⁠
From trenches deep toward the sky –⁠
Non-fighting troops and yet we die.⁠
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The peace restored the battle won⁠
Black sweat and toil had beat the Hun.⁠
Black blood was spilled black bodies maimed⁠
For medals brave no black was named,⁠
Yet proud were we our pride unshamed.⁠
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But time will bring forth other wars,⁠
Then give to us more daring chores⁠
That we might prove our courage strong⁠
Preserve the right repel the wrong,⁠
And proud we’ll sing the battle song.⁠
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Image Source: The Globe and Mail

Treaties Week. ⁠ The first week of November is T

Treaties Week. ⁠
The first week of November is Treaties Recognition Week. Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and St. Jacobs, the places where Stroll hosts its walking tours, is on treaty land. I talk about this at the beginning of all my tours in an effort to expand & broaden the way we talk about the history of our community and region here in Waterloo Region. ⁠
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For a long time, the narrative has been "German speaking Mennonite settlers began arriving here in the early 1800s, clearing land and establishing farms and businesses..." But what about before that? Isn't history prior to 1790 also local history? ⁠
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We need to do a better job of how we tell our community history of the land, people, places and stories. ⁠
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What is Treaties Recognition Week, you ask? ⁠
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In 2016 Ontario passed legislation proclaiming the first week of November as Treaties Recognition Week. This is part of the Ontario government's work to rebuild trust and relationships with Treaty partners and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples⁠
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Images:⁠
1. Grant to Joseph Brant, 1792 map⁠
Library and Archives Canada, 2000215462⁠
2. Thomas Rideout Survery, 1821 - showing Haldimand Tract⁠
3. Signatories to the ratified version of the Between the Lakes Treaty, signed in late 1792. ⁠
Library and Archives Canada⁠
4. William Wallace purchase of land from Brant in Block 3 (Woolwich Township) ⁠
Kitchener Public Library⁠
5. Signature of Agustus Jones, Surveryor for the German Company Tract who purchased 45,000 acres of land from William Wallace in Block 3, Haldimand Tract. ⁠
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On November 8, 1946, Viola Davis Desmond bought a

On November 8, 1946, Viola Davis Desmond bought a ticket for an evening movie in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. As the owner of the Desmond school of Beauty Culture, she was on her way from Halifax to Sydney on business, when her car broke down in the small town on her way.

Viola took a seat on the main floor of the theatre where, shortly after, she was ordered to relocate to the upper balcony for ‘coloured guests’. She was arrested, put in jail for the night, and in the end, charged with tax evasion for not paying the difference in price between a main floor and upper balcony ticket.
The fact that she was charged for failing to pay the full amusement tax on her admission, a one-cent mix up, owing entirely to the fact that the cashier had refused to sell her a downstairs ticket, wasn’t lost on anyone. Viola Desmond offered to pay the difference, but the theatre refused to accept it.

Viola Desmond attempted to appeal the charges in a district court, but ultimately lost her case, and subsequent appeal in provincial court. The justice system failed Viola at all levels.

Viola eventually left Nova Scotia, first moving to Montreal, and then to New York City to start over. Her marriage ended in divorce and she closed her promising business in Halifax.

Viola died in New York on February 7, 1965 and she is buried in the Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax.

Viola Davis Desmond was chosen for the Canadian $10 bill, which was released in March 2018. In February 2012 Canada post unveiled a postage stamp featuring Viola Davis, Desmond, including the Roseland theater, where the events took place.

🎥: Taken by Juanita at Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg Manitoba

#onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #otd #violadesmond #womenshistory #canadianhistory #racism #racismincanada #blackhistory #famouscanadians

I kinda love it when guests are so into a walking

I kinda love it when guests are so into a walking tour they want to take notes 💕

this can be for a variety of reasons:

- Some people want to share highlights with a friend or family member.

- Some people simply remember the content a little better with a few notes

-Others want to drop down locations so that they can return at another time

- For people with memory or cognitive challenges, they are able to review notes when they get home.

Whatever the reason we don’t mind!

#walkingtour #memory #memorysupport #guidedwalkingtour #strollwalkingtours #explorewr
#explorewaterlooregion #localattractions #whattodoinwr #kwawesome #wrawesome #whattodoinkw #kitchenerontario #waterloooontario #supportlocal #smallbusiness #hyperlocaltravel #localtravel #womenledbusiness #localhistory #localhistorymatters

"This is why I came on the walking tour!!" ⁠ Kim

"This is why I came on the walking tour!!" ⁠
Kim had seen so many photos of others with the #galtwings by Sandy & Steve Pell, and she knew she wanted one too! Thanks for embracing your inner Canada goose for the photo - and for the delight of drivers on Ainslie St, Downtown Cambridge 💕⁠
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You're the best, Kim! ⁠
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📸 : Mr. Moore, the man behind the camera 😎 ⁠
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#mural #muraltour #downtowncbridge #cbridge ⁠#galtlove
#walkingtour #guidedwalkingtour #strollwalkingtours #explorewr ⁠
#explorewaterlooregion #localattractions #whattodoinwr #kwawesome #wrawesome #whattodoinkw #kitchenerontario #seekw #waterloooontario #supportlocal #smallbusiness #hyperlocaltravel #localtravel #womenledbusiness #localhistory #localhistorymatters⁠
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