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Yarmouth Vanguard, December 19, 1989 When, where and by whom was celebrated the first Christmas in North America? If we could answer...

Yarmouth Vanguard, December 26, 1989 Some of the punishments which were inflicted in days of ore are repulsive to us of the 20th century....

Yarmouth Vanguard, January 2, 1990 When I was very young, I heard my mother tell the story of the vow that mariners had made while they...

Yarmouth Vanguard, January 9, 1990 François Lambert Bourneuf was born in Normandy, France, in 1787. In 1809 he enlisted in an armed...

Yarmouth Vanguard, January 16, 1990 Being born in Pubnico and having come back to roost, I would not dare show off with such a title and...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, January 23, 1990 There have been several seizures or attempts of seizures by the Acadians of vessels taking...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, January 30, 1990 It is only after much hesitation that I have decided to make known the results of my...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, February 6, 1990 This month and next month, I intend to tell you the story of the Acadian bells prior to the...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, February 13, 1990 If Port Royal can boast of having had the first bell in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton can boast...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, February 20, 1990 Apart from the three bells of the Fortress, there were other bells in Louisbourg at the...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, February 27, 1990 Minas Basin, which comprised Grand Pré and Cobequid (Truro), is the region in all Acadia...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, March 6, 1990 The Yarmouth Herald, in its edition of Sept. 28, 1960, published a news item from Ottawa under...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, March 13, 1990 You must have noticed from the previous sketches that to tell the story of the Acadian bells...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, March 20, 1990 In the State of Maine: Acadia, for a time, extended into the State of Maine. There were then...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, March 23, 1990 With regard to the monastary that I told you about in sketch No. 60, built alongside of Fort...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, April 3, 1990 We know that there have been three transports, taking The Acadians into exile in France, which...

Yarmouth Vanguard, April 10, 1990 One of the traits by which our 20th century will be characterized in history will surely be that of...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, April 17, 1990 For many years, the people in Saint Mary’s Bay have been talking of the great fire that took...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, April 24, 1990 Edward How, born probably in New England around 1702, came to Nova Scotia as a merchant and...

Yarmouth Vanguard, May 1, 1990 This was Jean Richer, a French astronomer, born in 1630. He was to get his training in astronomy at the...