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| Original Filesize | 129.2 KB | | Category | Travel, Cityscapes & Streets | Original Dimensions | 955 x 924 | | Date Posted | 03-07-2013 | Number Of Views | 608 | | Average Rating |  | Number Of Comments | 0 | | Title |
Two Bombardiers fire Halifax's Noon Day Gun
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Fort George (named after King George II of Great Britain) is a National Historic Site of Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was established during Father Le Loutre's War to protect the protestant settlers against raids by the French, Acadians, and Wabanaki Confederacy (primary the Mi'kmaq). A series of four different defensive fortifications have occupied the summit of Citadel Hill since this time, with the construction and leveling resulting in the summit of the hill being dropped by ten to twelve meters. The first fort was simply a small redoubt which stood near the summit with a flagstaff and guardhouse. No traces of any regular or permanent fortification appear on Citadel Hill until the commencement of the American Revolution.
Today the fortress is restored to the Victorian period and there are re-enactors of the famed 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot and the 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band who were stationed at Halifax for almost three years (1869-1871).
The firing of the noon day gun was timed for vessels in the harbour to set their chronometers by sight of the puff of smoke rather than the noise of the report, which took time to carry. For a bird's eye picture of Citadel Hill: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Citadel_hill.jpg"]
A tradition of observing a silence on Christmas day continues to this day.
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