~Framboise Manor~: wow! Google acknowledges our 50th Anniversary of the beautiful maple leaf

Sunday, February 15, 2015

wow! Google acknowledges our 50th Anniversary of the beautiful maple leaf - woohoo!

check out Google's homepage today and see their acknowledgement of National Flag Day of Canada!

50th Anniversary of National Flag of Canada

for those interested in history, the Candian Maple Leaf known all around the world replaced the Canadian Red Ensign on the date of February 15, 1965. National Flag Day, as it was previously known, was changed to National Flag Day of Canada in 1996, an initiative brought about by then Prime Minister Jean Chretien (one of my personal faves!)

Prime Minister Chretien took no bull from no one!!! At the first National Flag of Canada celebration, he was accosted by a protester. Chretien grabbed the guy by the throat and threw him to the ground before the RCMP guarding him could even move fast enough!

This grab became known as the Shawinigan Handshake due to the fact that Chretien was from Shawinigan, Quebec. Like i said, Chretien took no bull!

today is not only National Flag day of Canada - it is the 50th anniversary of our beautiful maple leaf flag.

we canadians truly love our maple leaf flag! and many hundreds of thousands of people will be celebrating today. thanks to Google for acknowledging the 50th anniversary of our dear flag!

(if you to Google's homepage the flag waves. i love it!)

and one of my favourite quotes by Chretien:

"On the beach behind us, Canadians gave their lives so the world would be a better place. In death they were not anglophones or francophones, not from the West or the East, not Christians or Jews, not aboriginal people or immigrants. They were Canadians." - Prime Minister, address to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944, delivered at Juno Beach, near Courseulles, France, June 6, 1994, as quoted by Allan Thompson in The Toronto Star.

Happy 50th National Flag of Canada Day!

15 comments:

Toirdhealbheach BeucailFebruary 15, 2015 at 11:42 AM
A little piece of history I did not know twice over (all my life, the Maple Leaf is the only flag I have known of Canada). And an interesting part about the PM as well. His speech seems to have gotten what it means to be a nation state correct. Happy National Flag Day!
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PioneerPreppyFebruary 15, 2015 at 12:48 PM
I think I might have went for making flag day in a bit warmer season myself. February seems a might touchy on delivering up good outside celebration weather :)

Neat story though.
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Jacked Up Glock MomFebruary 15, 2015 at 1:04 PM
Hey Gurlie!

Happy 50th to the Canadian Flag National emblem. Thanks for the history lesson.
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EdFebruary 15, 2015 at 6:56 PM
I couldn't think of what your flag looked like prior to the maple leaf and thus had to google it. I slapped my head seconds later. We had a similar look prior to 1776!
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TewshoozFebruary 15, 2015 at 7:49 PM
Thanks for this interesting piece of your history. I think your country's is one of the most beautiful flags out there. Wish our top guy had the same.....oh never mind.
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TewshoozFebruary 15, 2015 at 7:51 PM
BTW.....my google page is the same as every day. Must have the special maple leaf page up only in Canada
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hoboFebruary 16, 2015 at 12:18 AM
Happy National Flag Day! Thanks for sharing the history lesson, too!
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Flier389February 16, 2015 at 4:14 PM
That is so cool, I never knew. Hope you had a great flag day.
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Harry FlashmanFebruary 16, 2015 at 9:43 PM
I have a flag pole here on the mountain and I really like it. Adds a little color. I already have two flags but I should get a Canadian flag too. Why not. It would remind me of you two.
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Sandy LivesayFebruary 17, 2015 at 1:54 PM
Sweet Kymber,

Happy National Flag day of Canada, and the 50th anniversary of your beautiful maple leaf flag! I have a friend who wears a red maple leaf on the back of her neck, it's a tattoo.
Love to you and Jam,
Sandy

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Harry FlashmanFebruary 21, 2015 at 6:23 PM
Saturday, 21 Feb.

Are you two doing ok up there? Is the snow and ice reaching you in Canada? It's been horrible here but we have been lucky and haven't lost power, so I haven't had to go into generator mode. Thought I would check on you.
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prairie gopherFebruary 26, 2015 at 2:21 PM
haven't seen anything new from you two for a while. Are you frozen to the ground?
From a saskatchewan follower!
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kymberMarch 3, 2015 at 1:33 PM
Harry and Denis - thank you for your concern. jam's been commandeering my computer for the last few weeks for some contract work he is doing for a local business here. so that's why we haven't been posting/commenting.

to all of you - thank you for acknowledging our national flag of canada day - we really appreciate your sentiments! xox
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LL Cool JoeMarch 5, 2015 at 7:04 PM
And what a great flag it is too!
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i've always called him my angel. my rock. my best half. the best part of what i have always wanted to become.

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i love him more than i love Framboise Manor. and i really love Framboise Manor.

About kymber

(this pic might seem odd. trust me, it's not. 20 yrs ago kymber went shopping with a girlfriend from the military and bought this dress. then she hooked up with that girlfriend recently. they caught up through email and one day kymberz friend mentioned that specific dress. kymber said she still had it (kymber still has her prom gown for crying out loud!). the friend did not believe it. so we had to take a pic of kymber wearing the 20yr old dress for her friend. kymber always likes to add accessories...and well, we had the bunny ears laying around. ya know, cuz everyone always has pink bunny ears laying around. ok, that's it...i am out of here! jambaloney)

what can i say about kymber?? A LOT!! most of it will have to wait for blog entries ‘cuz i just don’t have enough space here to do her justice…

so i’ll have to do my best… first and foremost, kymber is my partner and i will love her forever. she is the best partner anyone could ever have, i am one lucky guy!! she is 46, she is sweet as can be, smart as a whip, super cute, exceptionally feminine, strong as an ox, honest, kind, empathetic, wise, an amazing dancer, a master wit in speaking and writing….i could go on..i will!

at 5’ 1’’ she packs a wallop – a true force of nature - she is a master gardener and chef and spent 10 years in the Canadian Military – she has done 2 tours of Alert (the north bloody-cold pole). she is a UN-certified Korean linguist and spoils our 2 cats rotten. she also spent 12yrs working in the federal government, as a communications analyst at SolGen (now PSEPC) and Fintrac. she loves nature in the true sense of the phrase..the wildflowers, insects and birds here at framboise manor keep her entranced and captivated for hours.

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