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Not Lost at Sea: The Ajax Club of Halifax

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Halifax was known as the least favourite wartime Atlantic port for sailors and roundly received criticism for the treatment of sailors  ashore. The fate of the Ajax Club became a much-cited example of that belief. In May 1945 that displeasure would infamously come to a head in the V-E Day riots. The Ajax Club story and the naval badges received from ships’ crews and naval authorities are a reminder of the uncertainty of public memory. The efforts and legacy of a civilian woman was a local story that played an unexpectedly larger role in wartime Canada and in subsequent years. En temps de guerre, Halifax était connue comme le port atlantique le moins apprécié des marins en raison du manque d’installations de repos et de détente et d’une certaine frilosité de la part de la société locale. On a souvent cité comme exemple du caractère peu accueillant de la ville le sort du Ajax Club que Dolly McEuen a fondé pour accueillir les marins en 1940 et qui a fermé ses portes en 1942 suite aux pressions exercées par les partisans de la sobriété. Et le sort des insignes navals que le club recevait des équipages et des autorités navales reconnaissants pour décorer ses murs est un exemple de l’incertitude associée à la mémoire collective. Les campagnes menées par Dolly McEuen pour le bien-être des marins ont acquis une importance nationale pendant la guerre mais, malgré ses efforts de préserver et exposer les insignes navals en guise de mémorial, la collection a finalement été négligée et certains éléments ont été perdus. Le présent article fait partie d’un effort visant à récupérer et à préserver les insignes.
Title: Not Lost at Sea: The Ajax Club of Halifax
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Halifax was known as the least favourite wartime Atlantic port for sailors and roundly received criticism for the treatment of sailors  ashore.
The fate of the Ajax Club became a much-cited example of that belief.
In May 1945 that displeasure would infamously come to a head in the V-E Day riots.
The Ajax Club story and the naval badges received from ships’ crews and naval authorities are a reminder of the uncertainty of public memory.
The efforts and legacy of a civilian woman was a local story that played an unexpectedly larger role in wartime Canada and in subsequent years.
En temps de guerre, Halifax était connue comme le port atlantique le moins apprécié des marins en raison du manque d’installations de repos et de détente et d’une certaine frilosité de la part de la société locale.
On a souvent cité comme exemple du caractère peu accueillant de la ville le sort du Ajax Club que Dolly McEuen a fondé pour accueillir les marins en 1940 et qui a fermé ses portes en 1942 suite aux pressions exercées par les partisans de la sobriété.
Et le sort des insignes navals que le club recevait des équipages et des autorités navales reconnaissants pour décorer ses murs est un exemple de l’incertitude associée à la mémoire collective.
Les campagnes menées par Dolly McEuen pour le bien-être des marins ont acquis une importance nationale pendant la guerre mais, malgré ses efforts de préserver et exposer les insignes navals en guise de mémorial, la collection a finalement été négligée et certains éléments ont été perdus.
Le présent article fait partie d’un effort visant à récupérer et à préserver les insignes.

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