Davis Day, also known as Miners' Memorial Day (and since November 25, 2008, officially William Davis Miners' Memorial Day), is an annual day of remembrance observed on June 11 in coal mining communities in Nova Scotia, Canada whereby citizens recognize all miners who were killed on the job in the province.
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“To look back is to relax one’s vigil.”
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