Fiftieth anniversary was actually Feb. 15. But I've seen a bit of tie-in with Canada Day this year.
On 1 July, 2015 3:17:43 PM EDT, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >Nicely done mural, a great shot of it, and an enlightening writeup >too, Frank. I had not heard that this is the 50th anniversary -- not >enough press, I guess. Thanks! > >On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Knarf <[email protected]> wrote: >> On July 1, 1867 the BNA Act (of the British Parliament) granted the >former colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick and Nova >Scotia limited independance: the Dominion of Canada was born. >> >> Until the 1960s our flag was the Red Ensign, a Union Jack on a red >field with the shield of Canada thereon. Even as a kid I thought it was >humiliating. >> >> After considerable debate, in 1965 we adopted the current Red Maple >Leaf flag, which I thought as an eight year old, and still think now, >is the most beautiful flag in the world. I will admit to some bias in >that regard. >> >> Here in New Toronto we celebrate that anniversary and Canada Day with >this clever trompe d'oeille mural: >> >> >http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/07/fifty-for-flag-happy-canada-day.html?m=1 >> >> For all it's faults, Canada's a pretty damned good place to live. For >all my criticisms of it, this one day of the year I allow myself a bit >of patriotism. >> >> Happy Canada Day! >> >> Taken with phone cam, processed and posted from phone. Hope you >enjoy. Comments welcome. >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank >> >> >> -- >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
