What’s wrong? Dead wreaths commemorating Halifax Explosion
victims.
Who’s responsible? Brian Phelan, parks and open-spaces
supervisor, 490-4867.
Remarks: Every December 6, a collection of local dignitaries
appears at Fort Needham Park to pay respects to those killed in the
Halifax Explosion by laying wreaths at the base of the Memorial Bell
Tower. Every winter those wreaths sit there, rotting, until every
spring they become disrespectful eyesores, and every first week of
summer, someone calls The Coast to complain and every June we say
again: Hey, dude who cuts the grass and empties the trash—can you get
rid of the dead wreaths already?
This article appears in Jun 18-24, 2009.