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Canada Day

7/1/2017

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On July 1, 2017 Canada celebrates 250 years as a nation.  I've been reading a bit about it and that is the easiest way to explain it.  As with everything political there are differing opinions about exactly what it is and whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.   Basically, Canada Day is a celebration of being Canadian. 

I learned the word "sesquicentennial" this year which is celebrating 150 years of something.  I think I had heard the term before but this is the first time it really sunk in to my brain-housing-group.

I was born in Montreal and lived there for the centennial which is celebrating 100 years of something.  That was in 1967.  It was the year of the Expo in Montreal.  I still have the license plate of the car that took us to California in November of that year.  I guess you could say that we celebrated the centennial by leaving Canada. 

Though the celebration has been going on for some time I paid it little attention. So what has modified my thinking.  First, recently we had a family reunion at my brother's house in Maine. Just over 70 Attenboroughs came to that celebration (no year attached).  Except for a couple of folks, I think they were all Canadian.  Second, just got my brand spanking new Canadian passport. I suppose I am reconnecting with my Canadian-ness a little bit.   

July 1st is Canada Day and in a couple of days it will be the fourth of July (Independence Day). I am very glad to be a part of the history of both countries.  I celebrate my Canadian relatives and my American relatives.  I also celebrate my Canadian-ness and my American-ness.  I just like it that way.  

Glad to be a part of it all. 

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