Memorial held for children at orphanage who died in Halifax Explosion
HALIFAX — They came to the orphanage because their families could not care for them. Then, disaster struck.
The wards of the Halifax Protestant Orphanage were as young as three and as old as 13 when a massive explosion tore through Halifax in 1917.
A century later, dozens of mourners gathered at their gravesite in a cemetery in Halifax’s north end on Sunday to ensure that even though their lives were cut tragically short, the children would not be forgotten.
“The other victims that are here would have descendents, they would have families and things like that who could pay homage to them and remember them,” Rev. Randy Townsend of the St. John’s Anglican Church said in an interview.