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Lebanese heritage celebrated during Yarmouth event

Flag raising, educational awareness and gathering with friends part of the celebrations

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A gathering to celebrate Lebanese heritage was recently held at the Yarmouth town hall.

The Nov. 20 event was attended by around 60 people, the majority of whom were of Lebanese descent.

The Lebanese Heritage Month Gathering, hosted by the Canadian Lebanon Society of Yarmouth, included flag raisings. Cowen Kenney, son of Melanie and Sean Kenney, raised the Canadian flag. He is of Lebanese descent through the Noah family.

The Lebanese anthem was then played after the singing of O Canada and the Lebanese flag was raised by Georgette Faddoul, president of the Canadian Lebanon

Club of Halifax and representing the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon.

A few fourth-generation Lebanese Canadian children assisted during the raising of the Lebanese flag.

People remained masked and were screened for proof of vaccination inside the town hall where greetings were offered by Yarmouth MLA Zach Churchill on behalf of the province and Mayor Pam (Emin) Mood on

Joe Bishara presented a brief history of the Lebanese in South West Nova. behalf of the Town of Yarmouth.

Joe Bishara Jr. presented a brief history of the Lebanese in South West Nova.

A delegation from the Canadian Lebanon Society of Halifax were welcomed

and thanked for coming to Yarmouth to show their support for the community here. They also spoke about how the province proclaimed November to be Lebanese Heritage month in 2018 and did a brief education session on

Lt. Edward Arab, honoree for Heritage Day in the province last February.

The Lebanese have been in Yarmouth for over 100 years. The community had its own Canadian Lebanon Club on Horton street. The organization – whose mandate was to maintain Lebanese language and culture and to promote active citizenry – started in the homes of the original immigrants in the 1920s and was operational until the early 1970s.

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