{"id":9563,"date":"2024-11-06T14:41:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T17:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=9563"},"modified":"2024-11-06T14:41:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T17:41:52","slug":"antigonish-county-family-donate-this-years-tree-for-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/11\/06\/antigonish-county-family-donate-this-years-tree-for-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigonish County Family Donate This Years Tree For Boston."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The historic Tree for Boston will come from Mattie Settlement, Antigonish County, this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 13.7-metre (45-foot) white spruce is being donated by landowners Hugh and Liz Ryan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BostonTree-3-size-16x9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BostonTree-3-size-16x9-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BostonTree-3-size-16x9-1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tree for Boston is the Province&#8217;s annual thank you to Boston for sending medical personnel and supplies to Nova Scotia within hours of the Halifax Explosion in 1917.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public is invited to attend the tree-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, November 20, at 10:30 a.m. at 100 Mill Rd., Mattie Settlement. The event will begin with a smudging ceremony led by Trevor Gould of Paqtnkek Mi\u2019kmaw Nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quotes:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have watched this tree grow from a young sapling to its present height for the last 30 years. We are happy and proud to donate this tree to Boston as a heartfelt thank you for all the help received during a great hardship in Halifax.\u201d<br>\u2014&nbsp;<em>Ryan family<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2024 marks the 107th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the explosion devastated north-end Halifax, killed nearly 2,000 people and left thousands more injured and homeless<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the first Tree for Boston was donated by Joseph Slauenwhite from Lunenburg County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the Tree for Boston will leave from Halifax on November 24; the City of Boston will hold its tree-lighting ceremony on December 5 at 7 p.m. at the Boston Common<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source: Provincial Release <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The historic Tree for Boston will come from Mattie Settlement, Antigonish County, this year. 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