Davis Day, also known as Miners’ Memorial Day (and since November 25, 2008, officially as William Davis Miners’ Memorial Day) is an annual day of remembrance observed on June 11 in coal mining communities in Nova Scotia to recognize all miners killed in the province’s coal mines.
Davis Day originated in memory of William Davis, a coal miner who was killed during a long strike by the province’s coal miners against the British Empire Steel Corporation.
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