It's Canada 150, Baby!

[rusty_armour]

Happy Canada Day! Today marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation and Canada's 150th birthday!

This is one year when I know I can't stay home. As it's me, I'll be engaged in suitably nerdy activities. I'll be attending a lecture on Toronto history at 11:00 at St. Lawrence Hall and then I'll be going on Muddy York's two-hour Canada 150 history walk at 1:00. We'll end up at Nathan Phillips Square, so maybe I'll take in some of the festivities there, though I'm not really into crowds or partying. A huge shock, I know.

If I manage to snap any interesting pics, I'll post them here. In the mean time, here's an absurdly Canadian vid that celebrates Canada's 150:

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Comments

[rusty_armour]

Oh, wow! No, I don't think you did tell me that. Your great-grandfather played a very important role in Canadian history -- and in building the nation in general. Canada would not be the country it is today without the railroads. They literally united all parts of the country. We owe a lot to men like your great-grandfather. :-)

It's interesting to think what your life might have been like if you had been born in Canada. Of course, if your great-grandfather had stayed in Canada, you wouldn't have been born, so... *g*

[crimsoncorundum]

Yes, if my great-grandfather had stayed in Canada on his own, I wouldn't have been born, but maybe if his wife had agreed to bring the children to Nova Scotia. Of course I'd have been a different person because my grandparents probably wouldn't have met, or my parents.