Civil War

(Left to right) Peter Saulnier, Jack Thomas, Robie Pace and Loran Gavel from the Maritime Civil War Living History Association stand in front of the grave of Lt. Richard Armstrong at the St. John’s Anglican Cemetery in Halifax on Saturday, November 4, 2006. Armstrong, who served on the Confederate Raider Alabama in the American Civil War, moved to Canada after the war and died in Halifax in 1904. Members of the association placed a Confederate flag next to the grave during a ceremony on Saturday. Ryan Taplin/Halifax Daily News