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All things were new once

empty trenches lay silent now

Investments made

along the coastline they long defended

Energy and resources spent

full of youth and hopes

On hopes and ideas

full of fears and desires

On certainties of chance

serving with honour to protect family
at home

On creating the world that might be

as seasons change

and the world that did become

eras end

Some cast the dice

and new ones are become

Some step out
Some strive

the map reshuffled

We are all explorers invited

the battle lines redrawn
the weapons laid aside
for the tools of commerce and alliance
the organization of society
the relationships between us all
friend or foe
enemy or ally
which do we choose now?

Industry Halifax

Retired Fortifications Point Pleasant Park, Halifax

Victoria – Nanaimo – Campbell River – Egmont – Sechelt – Vancouver – Abbotsford – Hope – Yale – Revelstoke – Golden – Calgary – Didsbury – Edmonton – Farmer’s Field – Kola – Winnipeg – Nivervil e – Toronto – Kitchener – Woodstock – Sauble Beach – Stouffvil e – Newmarket – Orleans – Montreal – Moncton – Halifax
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