HISTORY HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE, WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE HEADING

HMHPS Official Statement Regarding Task Force on Commemoration of Edward Cornwallis and Recognition and Commemoration of Indigenous History

What will happen to the Halifax Memorial Library?

View the summary report of the May 23, 2019 Public Consultation.

 

Who are We?




The Halifax Military Heritage Preservation Society is a volunteer educational society incorporated under the Societies Act and is committed to promoting public awareness of and appreciation for Halifax’s profuse and diverse military heritage.

 
 

Promotion


We educate the public about the national historic importance and cultural value of Halifax’s rich military heritage and history.


Education


We document the Halifax area’s military heritage including military personalities and organizations that have shaped Halifax from its founding to the present.


Preservation


We foster and encourage public interest in the preservation of buildings, statues and sites in Halifax and its surrounding area of military and historic significance.


 
HALIFAX CITADEL ENDURES AS A GATEWAY TO CANADA’S COLONIAL HERITAGE AND PASSAGE TO NATIONHOOD.
 

The sites of our history




With such a rich military history stretching back hundreds of years, there is no shortage of heritage sites to discover and explore in Halifax. Here are but some of the places you can experience Halifax's military heritage for yourself.

 



 

With such a rich military history stretching back hundreds of years, there is no shortage of heritage sites to discover and explore in Halifax. These are but some of the places you can experience Halifax's military heritage for yourself.


We will be expanding this directory of Halifax’s historic military sites. If you have photos, documents, diagrams, maps, or memorabilia that can be scanned or photographed relating to one of Halifax’s historic sites, please consider submitting them to us. We appreciate any contribution that helps preserve Halifax’s rich military heritage.


You can also download print brochure listing many of the diverse heritage sites Halifax has to offer.

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The Halifax Military Heritage Preservation Society is committed to safeguarding the personal information (including a member’s name, contact information, age, military affiliation, if any, and educational background, etc.) entrusted to the Society by our members in accordance with privacy issues and PIPEDA and/or provincial legislation and any applicable laws and regulations.


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