Rod Mackay's writing and his paintings of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and St.Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. Notes concerning North American folklore, legend and myth.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
While Lunenburg was invaded in 1812
...it should not be thought that the United States was the only nation to license privateers, and south shore Nova Scotia was firmly engaged in this "business." Here are three of their descendants at dock-side.
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I understand the Americans paraded down the street in stolen finery. Has there ever been a re-enactment of that?
Rodney C Mackay is a traditional painter in the acrylic medium. He has been a newspaper reporter, high school teacher, antique dealer, bookman and biological technician. He married the late Anne Torey of New Glasgow, N.S. in 1957.They had four children. He had his first one man show in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1972 and he has been a full-time painter since that time. Three years after the death of his first wife, he married Ruth Brown in 1998. They reside in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
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I understand the Americans paraded down the street in stolen finery. Has there ever been a re-enactment of that?
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