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Canadian Flag Day (and D-Day) – Feb 15

Today is the 51st birthday of the Canadian Flag. The familiar red and white flag with the stylized maple leaf replaced its predecessor on the 15th February, 1965. What was its predecessor? Officially, it was the British Union Flag (or Union Jack as it’s better known), but there was a variation on the Canadian Merchant Maine’s Red Ensign that was… Read more »