Today is Canadian Flag Day. A mere 47 years ago, the flag of Canada was officially inaugurated. Why isn’t this a national holiday? Our flag is important, and quite pretty. Most people didn’t even know it was flag day! Let’s get this movement going.
Here are some facts about our flag:
– it’s red
– it’s white
– it has a maple leaf on it
– The government gave away a million flags after the Quebec referendum to promote national unity, costed the government $15-million.
– The Americans think our flags look like this:
Sadly, there are no Canadian bands that made a song called Flag Day. Fear not, my Canuck friends, for the English do have a song titled Flag Day It’s by political 80s jangle pop band The Housemartins and also happens to be a track I really enjoy. For those who don’t know these guys, one of the members of the band happen to become Fat Boy Slim a mere decade later while another founded similar sounding band The Beautiful South. You’ve learned a lot today!
Check out the song and then do something patriotic. But not tooooo patriotic.