Originally Posted By Pirate Pete To all you fellow Canadians out there! Have a great Canada Day and remember to take a second to be thankfull we live where we do!
Originally Posted By mickeymeg Thanks Pirate Pete. Happy Canada Day to you too ! Are you going to take in any festivities today ?
Originally Posted By Pirate Pete Going to Shawnigan Lake to watch the Million man Pull ( annual Water Ski pull where they get as many people up behind as many boats they can get set up etc... and they ski around the Lake with flags flyin). Than off to a BBQ at a friends...then we are heading down to a beach to watch the fireworks from across the bay basically.....how about you?
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I will be out at Fort Rodd Hill this afternoon. The kids in the percussion ensemble I help out with are preforming. Then this evening I might head into town to check out Folk Fest and the Fireworks... or I might watch from afar somewhere so as not to have to fight a crowd =) Shawnigan should be a blast, thats a fun event to watch. Enjoy the day !
Originally Posted By smedley Happy Canada day guys! After my visit in January I must say it's an awesome country
Originally Posted By JazzCat I didn't think about wearing red and white to work today or I would have. Happy Canada Day! Here's to you: Oh Canada, our home and native land True patriot love In all thy sons command With glowing hearts we see thee rise The true north strong and free From far and wide Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee God keep our land Glorious and free Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee!
Originally Posted By mickey_ring History lesson from the Canada web site, for the curious: On June 20, 1868, a proclamation signed by the Governor General, Lord Monck, called upon all Her Majesty's loving subjects throughout Canada to join in the celebration of the anniversary of the formation of the union of the British North America provinces in a federation under the name of Canada on July 1st. The July 1 holiday was established by statute in 1879, under the name Dominion Day. On October 27, 1982, July 1st which was known as "Dominion Day" became "Canada Day". Happy Canada Day!
Originally Posted By thenurmis I had to work : ( missed all the Canada day parties and comps. lame At least i am in Paris for "frenchy day"(Bastille day) maybe they will win the world cup and up the celibration.
Originally Posted By mickey_ring gotta tellya... some day I want to go and see all the sights that are on Epcot's O Canada film.
