Oh those Canadians!

Today is a big day if you are a Canadian ... not only is it Canada Day, but
it is the day to celebrate the sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary of
Canada's confederation.

This is the official image commemorating the event. The emblem's
thirteen diamonds represent the provinces and territories, and the red diamonds
are the initial four provinces at confederation time. I am sure that the
Canadian children already learned all about the sesquicentennial before school
closed for the Summer. I know we had big doses of both British and
Canadian history as young pupils back in the E.A. Orr Elementary School
days.

When I was still living in Canada, there was much hoopla when our country
got its very own flag on February 15, 1965, then the Union Jack was no longer
flying on every flagpole.

There will be events throughout Canada to mark this occasion, and, it will
be much like when the USA celebrated its Bicentennial back in 1976. You
might recall the special coins minted that year, and, I remember
collecting those quarters from each of the 50 states in 1976 - did you do this
too? I was working at the diner that Summer and many of our customers
asked that we save Bicentennial quarters so they could complete their
collection, sometimes for themselves, or their kids or grand kids.

Today was a big celebration for this Canadian gal as well, as I passed over
that halfway mark for miles walked this year. As you know, every year, I
try to pass the prior year's walking miles ... last year I walked 754 miles,
so, for 2017, I will need to walk 755 miles. My mini-goal each year is to reach
half of those miles at the midpoint of the year. This morning I did just
that at 377 miles, and, now I must strive to stride toward that ultimate goal.

[Image of official emblem of Canada 150 from Wikipedia]

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