CNSA at Heritage Fair 2012

Cassie Cameron receives her Award from CNSA representatives in front of her display at NS Heritage Fair 2012 held at Pier 21 Canada’s Immigration Museum, Halifax, NS

From left: Cassie Cameron and Patti Bannister.

The 2012 Nova Scotia Provincial Heritage Fair was held at Pier 21 on 24 May 2012 and, for the third year, the CNSA presented a prize for the best use of primary sources for a history project. The Fair brings together students from around the province in grades 4 to 9. This year’s recipient was Cassie Cameron for her project “My ‘Unwritten’ Hero” which focused on the experiences of her great-grandfather, John Andrew McGee, during World War II. To complete her project Cassie used a number of sources including an unpublished manuscript, original family photographs and newspaper clippings, as well as an interview she conducted and filmed with her great-grandfather.