Canada recognition;

[Polarbear]

On the forum page, we need the Canadian Flag added for postings and any others, where members feel they need their colors represented. Canada is so frequently traveled by so many in N.America, that I feel this would be a fitting add on to many posts. Why only Germany and USA? I am USA born and bred and love my Canada to the north, as it has provided me with some great bike riding in my life. Sorry I have not thought of it sooner! Randy13233 PS; Mexico too! They even have a BMW National Rally down south!

[Burnszilla]

This was brought up before and nothing was done about it...
http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19551
post #16

[brooksie]

Well...
I suppose we could keep this thread going until "someone"
performed the requested operation :dunno

[jdmetzger]

+1

Can we get a flag for our Canadian brothers?

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/travesmilies/flaggen1/smilie_flagge17.gif

From the website I got that from:

"You are free to use these smilies in emails, forums and bulletin boards. Any other use requires written permission!"

[jdmetzger]

How about a North American Union Flag ?

I think it's going to be quite a while before we have to worry about that one. In the meantime, we can get a Canadian flag to go along with our USA flag. I see a number of Canadian posters on here, and I'll admit; I really enjoy visiting our friends to the North... :buds

[jdmetzger]

+1

Can we get a flag for our Canadian brothers?

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/travesmilies/flaggen1/smilie_flagge17.gif

From the website I got that from:

"You are free to use these smilies in emails, forums and bulletin boards. Any other use requires written permission!"

Mods?

Can we add this flag for our Canadian brothers and sisters (Holly)? Please? :violin

[kbasa]

Mods?

Can we add this flag for our Canadian brothers and sisters (Holly)? Please? :violin

I think you need one of the admins to add it to the smileys. Where's knary when we need him?

[rocketman]

I think you need one of the admins to add it to the smileys. Where's knary when we need him?

as a system admin I resent the implication we are never around when you need us....


RM:hide

[BradfordBenn]

I think you need one of the admins to add it to the smileys. Where's knary when we need him?

Working on his studio? ;)

[mrich12000]

would be nice.:german :usa :lurk :wave :wave :bikes :bow :gerg but like the old man icon it won't happen,

[jdmetzger]

We may need a written proposal before it gets added... :laugh

:bolt
:hide

;)

[mrich12000]

Or a canadian section :lurk :scratch :dunno :whistle

[knary]

:ca

unless there's one that y'all like more.

It has to have a blank background.

[Burnszilla]

bout time eh? :ca

[knary]

:dunno

In that last thread, I asked which one you guys wanted and no one replied. Clearly Canada isn't as important to you as you'd like us to believe.

:hide

[Holly]

:ca Thanks, Knary. Now I promise to wait at least a year before I start asking for an Icelandic one.

Holly

[jdmetzger]

Woo!

Not that I'm Canadian (though I've probably spent enough time there to apply for citizenship), but it's good to see for our Canadian friends!

Thanks!!!!!

:ca :usa :ca :usa :hug

[Burnszilla]

:dunno

In that last thread, I asked which one you guys wanted and no one replied. Clearly Canada isn't as important to you as you'd like us to believe.

:hide

:stick

[tourunigo]

:dunno

In that last thread, I asked which one you guys wanted and no one replied. Clearly Canada isn't as important to you as you'd like us to believe.

:hide

Dear Sir, We apologize for being so late in responding. The sub-committee has just concluded preliminary discussions and the following was seemingly the most attractive option. However, before a final decision is reached, proper protocols and targeted funding agreements must be explored and,ideally, secured. After due deliberation we are confident that a final vote can be taken and the most appropriate flag waving representative can be determined. The Government of Canada thanks you for your patience.

http://www.billsaddiction.com/images/smilies/canadaflag.gif

-Bob ('Keeping The Wheels of Government Turning')

[Paul_F]

http://www.billsaddiction.com/images/smilies/canadaflag.gif
I like this one.

[tourunigo]

I like this one.

see.... the committee has begun to vote already. BTW, Burnszilla had forwarded this previously.... with Knary throwing out the taunt .... me, as per my middle management role, just gave it another spin. Thanks for your vote. Maybe the rest of the committee can put down the snow shovels for a bit and vote. Once a decisive vote is determined we can then push it forward for senior management endorsement and implementation.:thumb -Bob

[knary]

I like this one.

I like it as well. If you can find it with a transparent background, we'll use it.

[rinty]

the sub-committee has just concluded....TourUnigo

You nailed that one, Bob.

And thanks, Scott.

Now, about the Alberta one....

Rin Verstraten

[knary]

Dear Sir, We apologize for being so late in responding. The sub-committee has just concluded preliminary discussions and the following was seemingly the most attractive option. However, before a final decision is reached, proper protocols and targeted funding agreements must be explored and,ideally, secured. After due deliberation we are confident that a final vote can be taken and the most appropriate flag waving representative can be determined. The Government of Canada thanks you for your patience.

http://www.billsaddiction.com/images/smilies/canadaflag.gif

-Bob ('Keeping The Wheels of Government Turning')

Late in responding to what? :dunno
This thread? :ha

[petepeterson]

Oh great!!! Giving the Canadians a flag to wave is like giving a kid with bad acne a steroid shot.......................:bluduh ...............Pete

[kbasa]

Oh great!!! Giving the Canadians a flag to wave is like giving a kid with bad acne a steroid shot.......................:bluduh ...............Pete

Why you gotta be like that?

[jdmetzger]

Oh great!!! Giving the Canadians a flag to wave is like giving a kid with bad acne a steroid shot.......................:bluduh ...............Pete

It clears things up?

It makes the kid happy?

It makes everyone else happy the kid is happy?

:dunno

[tourunigo]

Oh great!!! Giving the Canadians a flag to wave is like giving a kid with bad acne a steroid shot.......................:bluduh ...............Pete

not sure what that means but we do promise to keep the size of the thing down to proportions smaller than a football field. Promise:wave

On another note: does anyone know how to get rid of the white background on the smilie?

- Bob

[mrich12000]

Dear Sir, We apologize for being so late in responding. The sub-committee has just concluded preliminary discussions and the following was seemingly the most attractive option. However, before a final decision is reached, proper protocols and targeted funding agreements must be explored and,ideally, secured. After due deliberation we are confident that a final vote can be taken and the most appropriate flag waving representative can be determined. The Government of Canada thanks you for your patience.

http://www.billsaddiction.com/images/smilies/canadaflag.gif

-Bob ('Keeping The Wheels of Government Turning')

That one has my vote, thanks Bob:thumb

Thank you from Service Canada...

[tourunigo]

This was brought up before and nothing was done about it...
http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19551
post #16

Please note: Stephen (Burnszilla) brought this little vote grabber out in the above posting in another related thread. He started it eh? It came from someone, somewhere much more competent in this area than me. However, away for a couple of day but ........ let the vote continue. -Bob

http://www.billsaddiction.com/images/smilies/canadaflag.gif

[EXR911]

Why you gotta be like that?

Patriotic myopia, I reckon. He's forgotten why they call the Presidential Mansion in Washington "The White House".

PT9766

[mrich12000]

Oh great!!! Giving the Canadians a flag to wave is like giving a kid with bad acne a steroid shot.......................:bluduh ...............Pete


:nyah :nyah :nyah :nyah :nyah :nyah :nyah
we can do it again...

EyeWitnesstoHistory.com
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The British Burn Washington, 1814
August of 1814 was one of the hottest in the memory of the approximately 8,000 residents of America's new capital. The sweltering, humid heat turned the stagnate marshes surrounding the city into thriving hatcheries for disease-carrying mosquitoes. To make matters worse, the city found itself the target of an invading British army slowly making its way from the Chesapeake Bay.
America had been at war with the British Empire since 1812, but the action so far had consisted of a series of indeterminate skirmishes along the Great Lakes region. With the defeat of Napoleon, the Empire turned its full attention to its former colony sending its battle-hardened troops to squash the up-start Americans. Washington had little strategic value - the thriving port of Baltimore was much more important. However, as capital of the nation, the British hoped that its burning would have a psychological impact on the will of the Americans to continue the conflict.

As the British army of approximately 4,000 approached, the majority of Washington residents fled the city. On August 24th American defenders, with President James Madison in attendance, were quickly routed by the invaders in a battle at Bladensburg a few miles from the city. A messenger was dispatched to the White House to warn First Lady Dolly Madison of the impeding arrival of the British. She and her staff fled by carriage across the Potomac - taking with her the full-length portrait of George Washington that had been torn from a White House wall.

That evening, the vanguard of the British army reached Capitol Hill and began its systematic destruction of all public buildings in the city.

"All thoughts of accommodation were instantly set aside"

George Gleig was part of the British force that attacked and burned Washington. Too small in size to effectively occupy the city - their intent was to cause as much damage as they could. We join Gelig's story as the British send a truce party to negotiate with the Americans:

"Such being the intention of General Ross, he did not march the troops immediately into the city, but halted them upon a plain in its immediate vicinity, whilst a flag of truce was sent in with terms. But whatever his proposal might have been, it was not so much as heard, for scarcely had the party bearing the flag entered the street, than they were fired upon from the windows of one of the houses, and the horse of the General himself, who accompanied them, killed. You will easily believe that conduct so unjustifiable, so direct a breach of the law of nations, roused the indignation of every individual, from the General himself down to the private soldier.

All thoughts of accommodation were instantly laid aside; the troops advanced forthwith into the town, and having first put to the sword all who were found in the house from which the shots were fired, and reduced it to ashes, they proceeded, without 'a moment's delay, to burn and destroy everything in the most distant degree connected with government. In this general devastation were included the Senate House, the President's palace, an extensive dockyard and arsenal, barracks for two or three thousand men, several large storehouses filled with naval and military stores, some hundreds of cannon of different descriptions, and nearly twenty thousand stand of small arms. There were also two or three public rope works which shared the same fate, a fine frigate pierced for sixty guns and just ready to be launched, several gun brigs and armed schooners, with a variety of gunboats and small craft. The powder magazines were, of course, set on fire, and exploded with a tremendous crash, throwing down many houses in their vicinity, partly by pieces of the wall striking them, and partly by the concussion of the air whilst quantities of shot, shell, and hand grenades, which could not otherwise be rendered useless, were thrown into the river."

"The sky was brilliantly illuminated"

While Gleig's regiment was sacking the city, the remainder of the British force marched into the American capital as night approached:

"... the blazing of houses, ships, and stores, the report of exploding magazines, and the crash of falling roofs informed them, as they proceeded, of what was going forward. You can conceive nothing finer than the sight which met them as they drew near to the town. The sky was brilliantly illuminated by the different conflagrations, and a dark red light was thrown upon the road, sufficient to permit each man to view distinctly his comrade's face.

...When the detachment sent out to destroy Mr. Madison's house entered his dining parlor, they found a dinner table spread and covers laid for forty guests. Several kinds of wine, in handsome cut glass decanters, were cooling on the sideboard; plate holders stood by the fireplace, filled with dishes and plates; knives, forks, and spoons were arranged for immediate use; in short, everything was ready for the entertainment of a ceremonious party. Such were the arrangements in the dining room, whilst in the kitchen were others answerable to them in every respect. Spits, loaded with joints of various sorts, turned before the fire; pots, saucepans, and other culinary utensils stood upon the grate; and all the other requisites for an elegant and substantial repast were exactly in a state which indicated that they had been lately and precipitately abandoned.

You will readily imagine that these preparations were beheld by a party of hungry soldiers with no indifferent eye. An elegant dinner, even though considerably overdressed, was a luxury to which few of them, at least for some time back, had been accustomed, and which, after the dangers and fatigues of the day, appeared peculiarly inviting. They sat down to it, therefore, not indeed in the most orderly manner, but with countenances which would not have disgraced a party of aldermen at a civic feast, and, having satisfied their appetites with fewer complaints than would have probably escaped their rival gourmands, and partaken pretty freely of the wines, they finished by setting fire to the house which had so liberally entertained them.

...Of the Senate house, the President's palace, the barracks, the dockyard, etc., nothing could be seen except heaps of smoking ruins."

References:
Gleig, George Robert, A History of the Campaigns of the British at Washington and New Orleans (1826), reprinted in Commager, Henry Steele and Allan Nevins The Heritage of America (1939); Lloyd, Alan, The Scorching of Washington (1974); Seale, William The President's House, Vol. I (1986).

How To Cite This Article:
"The British Burn Washington, DC, 1814," EyeWitness to History, eyewitnesstohistory.com (2003).
The British boasted that, if captured, they would parade Dolly Madison through the streets of London as a prisoner of war.
General Robert Ross, British commander of the force that sacked Washington, was killed a few days later in the battle for Baltimore.
The battle at Baltimore's Fort McHenry in September inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner:usa :usa

[Holly]

It was revenge for the burning of York, including the Parliament buildings, in April, 1813. :ca


Don't mess with us, especially once we're on flag-waving steroids.:brad

Holly

[mrich12000]

:thumb YOU TRLL EM HOLLY!!!!:thumb :kiss

[EXR911]

It was revenge for the burning of York, including the Parliament buildings, in April, 1813. :ca


Don't mess with us, especially once we're on flag-waving steroids.:brad

Holly

And the burning of Newark (Niagara on the Lake) and Port Dover in the same year.

The US continued to attempt by various means to annex Canada after the war of 1812-1814. The dates of 1837, 1866 and 1869 spring to mind.

Noted in a statistical report from to-day's newspaper. "Canada has become a major energy supplier to the United States over the past decade. In 2007, Canada's oil shipments to the United States averaged 1.86 million barrels a day, while Saudi Arabia was next at 1.45 million."

PT9766
:bar

[Holly]

You weren't supposed to tell them that. If they know we have oil as well as water, they'll invade again.

Holly:ca

[kbasa]

:thumb YOU TRLL EM HOLLY!!!!:thumb :kiss

:ha

I'm a big Holly fan.

[jdmetzger]

You weren't supposed to tell them that. If they know we have oil as well as water, they'll invade again.

Holly:ca

Don't think we don't already have our eyes on those "oil sands" of yours.... ;)

[glennhendricks]

Yup, that whole 'letting the CAN$ get to parity' is a cunning plan.
While everyone comes south to buy stuff we're going to move in.

[rik]

It was revenge for the burning of York, including the Parliament buildings, in April, 1813. :ca


Don't mess with us, especially once we're on flag-waving steroids.:brad

Holly


Surrender flag please.

[EXR911]

You weren't supposed to tell them that. If they know we have oil as well as water, they'll invade again.

Holly:ca

With the US track record on invading and conquering Canada?
:banghead
:laugh
:lol

PT9766

[mrich12000]

:nyah :brad :thumb :ca :ca :ca :ca :ca :ca :nyah Nice flag EH:

[PAULBACH]

Be nice guys or they might not let US back for the 08 edition of the Salty Fog Rally in Nova Scotia.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/PaulBach/Salty%20Fog%20Rally/LoveSaltyFogbutton.jpg

[Polarbear]

I started the post this time around and so glad to see the "Maple Leaf" available now, for those so willing to fly it. Our posts can only be more beautiful with our Canadian brethren represented here and their colors:). I recently had the opportunity to ride Canada, coast to coast two years ago, for a first for me. I had visited so many provinces before, but never a coast to coast ride. The Canada Flag flies proudly at so many homes, businesses up there, with the exception of Quebec of course. I was happy to see the Maple Leaf so frequently at so many places, flying proudly. Thanks for listening from one USA, 'MOA poster:). Randy13233"Polarbear":usa :ca

[mrich12000]

:ha

I'm a big Holly fan.


Me to she's great at the Trenton Rally. Hi Holly We miss you. Loonie-Tics Seya in August.Michael:wave :ca

[dlowry]

Sweet! We gotz our own smiley now :ca Pass me my steroids and acne cream, I'm playing baseball this summer... ;)

[mrich12000]

So thank you for the new imocon fag.

So in the good spirit of brotherhood we can now sing'' sing'

Oh Im a lumberjack and im ok......
No realy here is a great tune.. and you may have to know it for the Salty one


Official Lyrics of O Canada!
O 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,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.




The History of the National Anthem
Summary


"O Canada" was proclaimed Canada's national anthem on July 1, 1980, 100 years after it was first sung on June 24, 1880. The music was composed by Calixa Lavallée, a well-known composer; French lyrics to accompany the music were written by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The song gained steadily in popularity. Many English versions have appeared over the years. The version on which the official English lyrics are based was written in 1908 by Mr. Justice Robert Stanley Weir. The official English version includes changes recommended in 1968 by a Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons. The French lyrics remain unaltered.



Full History of "O Canada"


Many people think of Calixa Lavallée as an obscure music teacher who dashed off a patriotic song in a moment of inspiration. The truth is quite different. Lavallée was, in fact, known as "Canada's national musician" and it was on this account that he was asked to compose the music for a poem written by Judge Adolphe-Basile Routhier.



The occasion was the "Congrès national des Canadiens-Français" in1880, which was being held at the same time as the St. Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations.

There had been some thought of holding a competition for a national hymn to have its first performance on St. Jean-Baptiste Day, June 24, but by January the committee in charge decided there was not enough time, so the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, the Honourable Théodore Robitaille, commissioned Judge Routhier to write a hymn and Lavallée to compose the tune. Lavallée made a number of drafts before the tune we know was greeted with enthusiasm by his musical friends. It is said that in the excitement of success Lavallée rushed to show his music to the Lieutenant Governor without even stopping to sign the manuscript.

The first performance took place on June 24, 1880 at a banquet in the "Pavillon des Patineurs" in Quebec City as the climax of a"Mosaïque sur des airs populaires canadiens" arranged by Joseph Vézina, a prominent composer and bandmaster.

Although this first performance of "O Canada" with Routhier's French words was well received on the evening, it does not seem to have made a lasting impression at that time. Arthur Lavigne, a Quebec musician and music dealer, published it without copyright but there was no rush to reprint. Lavallée's obit in 1891 doesn't mention it among his accomplishments, nor does a biography of Judge Routhier published in 1898. French Canada is represented in the 1887 edition of the University of Toronto song book by "Vive la canadienne", "A la claire fontaine" and "Un canadien errant".

English Canada in general probably first heard "O Canada" when school children sang it when the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later King George V and Queen Mary) toured Canada in 1901. Five years later Whaley and Royce in Toronto published the music with the French text and a translation into English made by Dr. Thomas Bedford Richardson, a Toronto doctor. The Mendelssohn Choir used the Richardson lyrics in one of their performances about this time and Judge Routhier and the French press complimented the author.



Richardson version:
O Canada! Our fathers' land of old
Thy brow is crown'd with leaves of red and gold.
Beneath the shade of the Holy Cross
Thy children own their birth
No stains thy glorious annals gloss
Since valour shield thy hearth.
Almighty God! On thee we call
Defend our rights, forfend this nation's thrall,
Defend our rights, forfend this nation's thrall.

In 1908 Collier's Weekly inaugurated its Canadian edition with a competition for an English text to Lavallée's music. It was won by Mercy E. Powell McCulloch, but her version did not take.



McCulloch version :
O Canada! in praise of thee we sing;
From echoing hills our anthems proudly ring.
With fertile plains and mountains grand
With lakes and rivers clear,
Eternal beauty, thos dost stand
Throughout the changing year.
Lord God of Hosts! We now implore
Bless our dear land this day and evermore,
Bless our dear land this day and evermore.

Since then many English versions have been written for "O Canada". Poet Wilfred Campbell wrote one. So did Augustus Bridle, Toronto critic. Some were written for the 1908 tercentenary of Quebec City. One version became popular in British Columbia...
And there is a little diddy "The maple leaf forever.."


:ca :ca :ca :ca :ca :ca :ca :ca

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[jdmetzger]

So thank you for the new imocon flag.

So in the good spirit of brotherhood we can now sing'' sing'

Oh Im a lumberjack and im ok......
No realy here is a great tune.. and you may have to know it for the Salty one


Official Lyrics of O Canada!
O 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,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

:ca :ca :ca :ca :ca :ca :ca :ca

From The Simpsons "Bart of War":

Sideshow Mel: Let us end this mindless violence and join our hands in song.
Captain McCallister: Aye, Not a hymn to war, like our national anthem, but a sweet, soothing hymn, like the national anthem of Canada.”

:D

:usa :ca

[mrich12000]

Amen Thead Closed...

[r11rs94]

From The Simpsons "Bart of War":

Sideshow Mel: Let us end this mindless violence and join our hands in song.
Captain McCallister: Aye, Not a hymn to war, like our national anthem, but a sweet, soothing hymn, like the national anthem of Canada.”

:D

:usa :ca

The United States National Anthem is neither a Hymm to war, nor a punch line to this not so funny post.

[jdmetzger]

The United States National Anthem is neither a Hymm to war, nor a puch line to this not so funny post.

I'm really sorry if you were offended; I was just quoting something from "The Simpsons" that I saw a week ago.

This is now OT. I guess mrich2000 was right on. We have the Canadian flag. Thank you forum admins.

Moving on.

[mrich12000]

:usa :buds :bikes :german :ca :bar :beer :fart :drink so thats that :usa

[EXR911]

:usa :buds :bikes :german :ca :bar :beer :fart :drink so thats that :usa

That's a better Canadian anthem - "Roll Out the Barrel":laugh

Although some parts of "The Maple Leaf Forever" particularly the 3rd verse, are attractive, I somehow prefer Gilles Vigneault's song, "Mon Pays"

"Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver"

PT9766

[JCabranes]

I'm home sick and bored out of my mind so I decided to post my favorite version of the Canadian National Anthem, the bilingual version sung by Roger Doucet. I have only been able to find a partial which follows below but whose last stanza doesn't jive with what I though was the official version (for right and liberty?). So, sons and daughters of the Great White North... what gives.

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[mrich12000]

Merci':ca :ca :ca :ca :ca

[tourunigo]

Just got back home and see that we now have an official flag bearing Canadian smilie added to the list. Apparently even a smilie can seemingly have political overtones. So, join me in a :beer :beer to celebrate. :ca :usa :buds Thanks to all (uh, most) for your support and kind words eh? Special thanks to Polarbear for getting this whole thing kickstarted again. -Bob

[EXR911]

I'm home sick and bored out of my mind so I decided to post my favorite version of the Canadian National Anthem, the bilingual version sung by Roger Doucet. I have only been able to find a partial which follows below but whose last stanza doesn't jive with what I though was the official version (for right and liberty?). So, sons and daughters of the Great White North... what gives.


Doucet sang "On guard for rights and liberty" as his personal comment on the "charter rights" and "Quebec independence" issues.

I guess they still play and sing "Dixie" in the Deep South.

The Russians went wild when Doucet sang their anthem at hockey games. A great voice.

PT9766

[JCabranes]

Doucet sang "On guard for rights and liberty" as his personal comment on the "charter rights" and "Quebec independence" issues.

I guess they still play and sing "Dixie" in the Deep South.

The Russians went wild when Doucet sang their anthem at hockey games. A great voice.

PT9766

The comparison to Dixie is a little strained as Dixie a) Isn't sung to the tune of The Star Spangled Banner and b) Isn't passed off as the National Anthem... but remembering the separatist issues in Quebec in the 70's, I take your point.

I loved and dreaded listening to him sing the Anthem. Loved it because he could really bang it out, dreaded it because if I was listening to him my team was mostly likely about the get smoked.:doh

[mrich12000]

The United States National Anthem is neither a Hymm to war, nor a punch line to this not so funny post.
:stick :german :german :german :stick :ca :ca :ca :ca :nra :ca :bar :german :german


My Land is Not Thine, Either by Right or by Conquest


O Canada!
:bow :bow :bow :bow :bow

and my people are just tolerant of the settlers on our soil..

Mi’qmaq Treaty Day Proclamation

When the English began to make their homes in our land our forefathers protected the livelihood and survival of the Mi’qmaq by signing treaties with their Kings. Throughout the seasons the treaties have remained.

On November 21, 1985, the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed that the Treaty of 1752 is still strong. The Mi’qmaq are still protected by its articles and we call upon Her Majesty to honour this Treaty and others made with the Mi’qmaq Nation.

On this 234th year of the Treaty of 1752, I, as Grand Chief of the Mi’qmaq, invite every Mi’qmaq to observe October 1 this year and every year thereafter as “Treaty Day” to commemorate the unique and special relationship that exists between the Mi’qmaq and Her Majesty.

PROCLAIMED at Halifax, Nova Scotia, this 1st day of October, A.D. 1986.

(Signed)
DONALD MARSHALL
Grand Chief:deal

[jgr451]

I don't see the Canadian flag smiley beside this Reply to Post,where is it????I do see the German one though.

And before any of y'all get s tooo carried away with celebratin and bein with levity,and stuff,:ca :newtoy :jester :beer :heart :buds let us mark the mighty stern werds a r11rs94:this ere aint no funny post.Got that?Yall?Don't make fun outta that there serious stuff,yall got that????

Now where's m'flag,uh?Eh?:bottle :buds :german :drink :beer :ca

[CanadianSteve]

Thank you very much !!!:ca
Steve