| Aunt Agatha and I post at the marker for the old Griffin plot of land |
Remember my lengthy post about how the Americans came to Argentia and built the Naval submarine base during World War II? I also posted about how my Grandfather's family was one of those affected and relocated in 1941. Seems I had another post planned and just forgot to finish it. My Aunt Agatha and I had gone and found the marker my uncle had placed to mark where the Griffins used to live. I'll probably have even more information on that after this next visit.
| View of Argentia Harbor from Traverse's Cove |
I'd love to get a boat and see the area from the water, maybe we can make that happen on this trip...
One thing we have in the works is a trip out to where my Grandmother's family and where Wayne's family originally hail from. They were relocated by the Government for a different reason, something called the Resettlement Programme, and I'm sure there will be a series of posts about that as well.
I'll probably toss up 2 more Chicago posts before I have time to start working on my Newfoundland adventures. Look out, Newfoundland, here I come!!
Digging into the family history then
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