The
Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower on Fort Needham overlooks
the area devastated by the Halifax Explosion of December 6,
1917. It commemorates those who were killed or suffered injury,
and those who lost homes and family when the munitions ship,
Mont Blanc, blew up in Halifax Harbour. It also honours the
survivors, who rebuilt the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth
in the years that followed.
An annual remembrance ceremony is held at the bell
tower on December 6, with a short silence just before 9:05
a.m., the time of the explosion.
Description
borrowed from
Halifax
Regional Municipality
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