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Celebrating July 1 ............

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 Jul 2016 00:13

Tomorrow is Canada's Birthday ........ July 1st.

This year will be the country's 149th birthday celebrating the fact that it was on July 1 1867 that Canada signed the British North America Act to became a new federation with its own constitution The BNAA is now called the Constitution Act.

There will be parties, parades, fireworks, etc etc, all across the country. It is one of the very few Statutory Holidays that occurs in every province and territory.

There are huge plans for celebrations next year when it will be the 150th birthday.

It always gets overlooked because of the American July 4th .......... today I got an email from Jacquie Lawson who have put out a new card for July 4, but not July 1st :-(

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My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Allan

Allan Report 1 Jul 2016 00:30

Happy Canada Day, Sylvia :-D :-D

Forget about your Southern neighbours ;-)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 Jul 2016 00:47

I try to ..............


:-D :-D :-D

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My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 1 Jul 2016 03:43

Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian friends

Lizxx

RockyMountainShy

RockyMountainShy Report 1 Jul 2016 06:44

Our Southern neighbours are really hard to ignore Allan.

Researching:
Oxfordshire, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire etc.

Allan

Allan Report 1 Jul 2016 08:17

It's amazing; I've met umpteen Americans in Oz and every single one of them has been a really nice person, but collectively, as a Nation, not my cup of tea at all :-0 :-( :-(

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 1 Jul 2016 09:10

Happy Canada day to you all <3

LindainHerriotCountry

LindainHerriotCountry Report 1 Jul 2016 09:18

Happy Canada day, sounds like a riotous weekend in coming up in the Sylvia household - enjoy it :-D

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 1 Jul 2016 09:29

Happy birthday Canada. Have a good weekend.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 1 Jul 2016 10:12

Happy Canada day Sylvia and our other Canadian friends. :-) :-)

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Graham

Graham Report 1 Jul 2016 11:07

Happy Canada Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idzh6mKbUAE

:-)

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 1 Jul 2016 11:28

déménagement Montreal 1 juillet

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323300004578559722182821246

:-D

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 Jul 2016 17:20

Thank you all xxx

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Jul 2016 17:24

Happy Canada Day Sylvia :-)

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 Jul 2016 17:25

Newfoundland calls today Memorial Day, not Canada Day


On July 1 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment, all volunteers, was ordered out of the trenches at a place called Beaumont-Hamel to start the Somme Offensive.

About 800 men went over

60 men answered the roll call the next morning. All the rest had been killed.

The Regiment is now called the Royal Newfoundland Regiment by order of King George V, and Princess Anne is the Colonel-in-Chief.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 1 Jul 2016 17:56

Happy Holiday Sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 Jul 2016 19:30

Thank you, RR and Chris xx

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 1 Jul 2016 20:00

Happy Canada Day, Sylvia, from a fellow Canadian.

Did you watch the ceremonies on Parliament Hill? Made me so proud to be Canadian!

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 Jul 2016 20:08

Happy Canada Day, Margaret

No, I didn't watch, we've been doing things around here. I do know that a singer we think a lot of was going to sing, Alex Cuba

He said on the radio this morning he was going to sing in Cuban and English, with 1 verse of a Cuban love song in Wit'suwet'in, the First Nations language from the area where he lives here in BC :-D

That's definitely Canadian!!! :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.