P.E.I. Heritage Buildings: Robert Gallant's Blacksmith Shop, Howlan

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Robert Gallant's Blacksmith Shop, Howlan - Demolished

On my way to O'Leary the other day, I took the route through Howlan - below is what remains of Robert Gallant's Blacksmith Shop. Another historic building gone!!
I guess the old buildings were in too bad of shape to be moved. Sorry to see this rural landmark gone!

See previous post on this blog dated June 12, 2011...

http://peiheritagebuildings.blogspot.ca/2011/06/blacksmith-shop-howlan.html

Below is an image of Robert Gallant, taken by Lionel Stevenson in 1985 - the photograph was published to in the book, Elders of the Island by Mary O'Brien, Lionel Stevenson, Terry Dunton Stevenson. UPEI and Ragweed Press. ISBN 0-920304-53-2.

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HERITAGE PRAYER

We keep forgetting all of those who lived before us.

We keep forgetting those who lived and worked in our communities.
We keep forgetting those who prayed and sang hymns in our churches before we were born.
We keep forgetting what our fathers have done for us.
We commit the sin, Lord, of assuming that everything begins with us.

We drink from wells we did not find.
We eat food from farmland we did not develop.
We enjoy freedoms which we have not earned.
We worship in churches which we did not build.
We live in communities we did not establish.
This day, make us grateful for our heritage.

Amen

cf. Cumberland Historic Village, near Ottawa - in the vestibule of Vars Knox United Church -

adapted from a prayer in the old Covenanters' Church - 1804, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.