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Originally Posted by xanaxanax
Its a patriotic drivel war memorial to shove down our throats thats being proposed here simply because its where most of the military is....
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Halifax was a significant port in WWII, and the place where goods and service men & women would collect before transatlantic travel into a war. It's more than just a war memorial... it's the last ship of its kind and was critical to winning the war, sure... but it also marks Canada starting to be taken seriously internationally, and momentum to improve the industrial capability of the nation. Before the war, there were 1 or 2 shipyards even capable of building these types of sea-going vessels. After, more than 100. During the war, Canada was charged with control over all the Allied forces in the North Atlantic. A pretty serious battle theatre, given the value of the food, raw materials, weaponry and people that went from west to east across the Atlantic, sustaining a seriously damaged Allied force in Europe.
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Originally Posted by xanaxanax
War memorial musumes are not major tourist attractions, if you flew to any major city in the world would vising one of their war musumes even cross your mind to go to?
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I was visiting Montreal, and took a trip to Ottawa JUST to see the (beautiful, btw) war museum there.
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Originally Posted by xanaxanax
I've been to places in Europe plenty of times and I'm sure they have war musumes but its not something that I've been like hey that would be a top priority to see, I bet they have some cool old tanks and guns "yawn".
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Well - this may not be the type of place you'd want to visit then. Not everyone is like you.
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Originally Posted by xanaxanax
The hmcs sackville is fine to view from the boardwalk but ifs its getting past the point to maintain than let the bloody thing sink into the harbour somewhere or off the coast and have a ceremony for it.
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There are plenty of options for the ship, including taking it out of the water permanently, or, as you suggest, sinking it. Personally, I'm not sure why they feel it's important to keep the thing in water - seems like it just makes the type of ideal interior conditions harder to keep.