Thanks to a wonderful human being that my two small boys thought was as wonderful as their father, the following is presented in appreciation and for your enjoyment:
Did you know the Canada National Anthem, O Canada, was adopted in 1980 after a hundred years? Dad used to take his two boys camping during the Summer in Canada. Dad loved Canada. The words are given below in French and English to O Canada but the music is the same.
Did you know that before 1982 Canada Day had been known as Dominion Day, First of July, Confederation Day, and July the First? Canada Day celebrates the events that occurred on July 1, 1867, when the British North America Act created the Canadian federal government. The BNA Act proclaimed "one Dominion under the name of Canada," therefore the original title of the holiday, "Dominion Day." Dominion Day was officially renamed "Canada Day" by an Act of Parliament on October 27, 1982. This change reflected the policy of successive governments to downplay Canada's colonial origins. Canada's national celebration is always observed on July 1, unless that date falls on a Sunday. In which case it is observed the following day.
