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Tale of 2 Doyles: Who knocked the heads off the eagles at Province House?
It's a tale that's been told again and again during guided tours of the Nova Scotia ... Doyle was so upset that he took it out on some American symbols on display at Province House in Halifax.
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200 years ago, anti-American sentiment may have caused eagles at N.S. Legislature to lose their heads
A portrait of Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, who was the lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia from 1867 to 1873, at Province House in Halifax. (Dave Laughlin/CBC) That story comes from a contributor to ...