Happy Canada Day!
By winterose
@winterose (39887)
Canada
July 1, 2008 2:13pm CST
http://www.pch.gc.ca/PROGS/CPSC-CCSP/JFA-HA/canada_e.cfm
Today is the celebration of Canada day, when Canada became a nation in 1867. There is the celebration of course, fireworks, parades, skits, concerts, all kinds of festivities going on.
I once went and had a piece of Canada's birthday cake, made here in Montreal, a cake that was made to serve 2,000 people,
Now that I am disabled, I do very little outdoor activities,
do you stay home for your country's special day celebration or do you go out and do special things that are going on in your area?
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19 responses
@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
Well I guess you and I could share the same bench because all I ever get to do anymore is sit. I so badly wanted to go into town to be with my grandchildren to watch the parade today but I have been fighting micrane headache for four days now. I'm still hurting. I don't get around well at all anymore. Having a heart attack, needing both knees replaced, asthma, high blood pressure and lower back and bone desease takes care of any plans you may have wanted to arrange, but I just keep plugging along.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
you can say that again, the disabled are getting worse and worse treatment.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
thanks hon, only there isn't any benches here to sit, it is all stand up kind of stuff.
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@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
Yeah I know it's the same way here. I often think what do they think we're all 23 years old with bodies of steel. The disabled people are getting treated worse as each day passes. Just my opinion by what I see here. We like to take part in events too.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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1 Jul 08
We dont really have special days like USA in UK, its one thing I always love about your Country, you celebrate so much. We have local fairs and things, but to be honest with you they are not all that up to much! I hope you manage to enjoy some of the celebrations that are going on though.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
thank you but my country is not the usa, it is Canada, and Montreal, is the city of festivals that is so true.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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1 Jul 08
I apologise winterose, I failed geography at school and I am totally useless at things like that.xx
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@chertsy (3798)
• United States
2 Jul 08
I forgot to wish you a Happy Canada Day. I bet that was something to be able to eat a piece of Canada's birthday cake. That would be something I would never forget, and I forget a lot of things. We stay home for our country's special day celebration. In our neighborhood, there should be some fireworks to see. My kids has a few that's safe to set off, so they can enjoy the special day. My youngest, made a 4th of July hat, which I think is cute, until she tried to put it on my head, 
. She really loves sparklers, so I got her a few. I keep a bucket of water near by to wet the fireworks down once they are done.
. She really loves sparklers, so I got her a few. I keep a bucket of water near by to wet the fireworks down once they are done. 2 people like this
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
1 Jul 08
We usually drive downtown by the water and watch the fireworks show but last year it was called off due to bad weather and won't go this time to see the fireworks show because I am dog sitting my daughter's dogs.
Happy Canada Day!! I wish you were able to go out and get more cake this time.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
thanks hon, just part of being disabled, I have to live with it.
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@DonnaLawson (4032)
• United States
2 Jul 08
I am so sorry that you are going to miss out on the celebration.. But again, you did get a piece of that huge 2000 piece cake and now have bragging rights about that.. We do very little normally but since my son and his wife have had to move back in with us, we will have to at least have a picnic to celebrate the 4th.. Hope you have a great day anyway..
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
but that was years ago, lol,
I am very depressed or was yesterday, I am just tired with life, there was no Canada day celebration for me this year.
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@DonnaLawson (4032)
• United States
2 Jul 08
Winterose, you just have to hang on and hope for a better day.. I don't know about others, but I always trust that God will see me through until the end.. And He always had so far, so I do trust in Him..
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
hey that sounds great! i live in a large city in ontario and we have a large steel mill that puts on a big celebration for their staff (we are not staff, but my dad volunteers there and belongs to their fishing club, so we get in free). they had games and stuff for the kids to do and put on this massive fire works display - it was awesome! (there was about 4,000 people there last night - but it was so worth it!)
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
1 Jul 08
Our "big" day is coming up, July 4th which is Åmerica's celebration from breaking away and Independence from English rule in 1776. July 4th was never a big day to celebrate in my family...most of the time just stayed home...the only real memorable time was back in 1976 the bi-centennial of our country's founding. Both my mother and grandmother worked for banker's trust and we had reservations to be at one of the offices (nice and air conditioned) at Banker's Trust Plaza to watch the Op Sail festivities....the Plaza was later renamed Duestche Bank Building and Duestche Bank took over Banker's Trust...the building by the way was the very same building later condemned after the 9/11 incident as it was right next door to the World Trade Center. In some photos of mine that I took of the ships that went by that day in 1976 you can see the shadows of the twin towers...kind of eerie now when you think of it
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
yes it does sound eerie,
1976 was the Year of the montreal olympics, and also the year my son was born. I also got married in 1976.
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@kingcrapper (1536)
• United States
2 Jul 08
I had the opportunity to be in Canada during Canada Day years ago. It was just a little town, can't remember the name of the place but it had a huge goose on the road near the highway. Got to see the fireworks there and then headed back into the States to see the fireworks here. I really like Cananda and have fond memories of my journeys there.
This July 4th I am actually flying most of my kids out to CA with my sister. Talk about Independance Day! :-)
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
good for you, for getting to see your sister,
which province was the town in do you remember.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
Happy Canada Day ! I was reading in the newspaper about that , and about the celebrations planned to commemorate the Day.
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@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
2 Jul 08
on australia day i usually stay home now rose as i can not stand the crowds or the traffic.we have fireworks here and you can see them from my back balcony,so we usually have a few friends over and watch them from the safety of my home.cheers sue
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
that sounds great too, and your at home and can relax or party it up whichever way you want to do it.
@asawanialvin0611 (1877)
• Philippines
2 Jul 08
we just stay at home during independence day,watch tv on celebrations.The government employees go to Luneta to watch program
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
thank you so much Allie, I know that you can have just as much fun at home with your family.
@amarnathr (46)
• India
2 Jul 08
how was canada before 1867????? actually is this a date of discovery or naming a country???? what does it mean...canada day....
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
before 1867 Canada was owned by the British,
it was not an independent country, confederation was the birth of the country under the first prime minister sir john a. macdonald. we had only 4 provinces back then, quebec, ontario, new brunswick, and nova scotia, and they all entered into confederation to form the new country of canada.
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@amarnathr (46)
• India
2 Jul 08
oh...i think britishers ruled entire world th0se days....
Any way happy independance day.....i think canada is democratic...(or communist)....any way all the very best to Canada...actually i like this beautifull country which never interfere any other country...doing its own business very well.....luv u ppl...all the very best for ur future...
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
2 Jul 08
i'm not a canadian... but i want to wish all the canadians here a happy canada day... i don't like crowds and would prefer to stay away from them... so i hardly go out during special celebrations in my country as i know that it will be very very crowded... i prefer to stay at home and watch the events from the TV... take care and have a nice day...
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
Happy Canada Day to you too!!! I posted someting on Gather, or Canada Day. Thanks for posting something here on MyLot. Tonight I am goig to go and video tape the fireworks at Riverside Park. It will be something to see, especially since I was in the USA last year on Canada Day.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
I will love to see it, I am not sure but I don't think I got your email notification on gather for canada day.
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@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
2 Jul 08
We use to see the fireworks at the fairgrounds when our daughter was young. Now she won't even be in town, so no special things planned. I may watch the fireworks on television on Friday. Its the 4th of July, which is a holiday in the United States.
Some of the holidays we do still celebrate like Mother's Day. My husband and youngest daughter take me out for a meal and she gives me a gift. Also Father's Day where I pay the bill and daughter gives Bob a gift. Christmas is celebrated in this house and gifts are given on the 25th of December.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
I used to make a big christmas dinner but now for years I am just too sick to do that anymore.
