9/23/2008

YESTERDAY'S HALIFAX FAREWELL CEREMONIES FOR THE QE2










These are pictures from the farewell ceremonies in Halifax.

QE2 Captain Ian McNaught and local dignitaries, including the Honourable Lenard Goucher, Minister of Immigration, Dawn Sloane, Councillor of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Lieutenant-Colonel John Woodgate, Vice President of the Halifax Citadel Regimental Association, John Langley, Chairman of the Cunard Steamship Society, Margaret WIttingham-Lamont, Missions to Seafarers, and Mark MacDonald, Chair of the Halifax Port Authority Board of Directors, gathered onboard for a reception and luncheon to mark the occasion. From Halifax, the ship went to Quebec City before sailing to her homeport in Southampton, England.

Pictured in the first group photo from left to right are MacDonald, Captain McNaught, Goucher and Sloane.

Pictured in the second group photo are Langley, Captain McNaught, Woodgate and a member of the 78th Highlanders at the Halifax Citadel.

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