What a moving article, on this new year. Canada exists and thrives despite all the internal and external influences. Challenging times are ahead and sometimes Canada moves as fast as a boulder stuck in a slow moving glacier. We’ll continue the journey.
This… I don’t think I ever heard the story in detail; only that the flame was initially lit in honour of our hundredth year as a nation. I was 16, a military dependent living on a Cold War base in Germany, and much more preoccupied with things other than the fate of our nation at that time. My interest in history and the events that post-dated WWII had barely begun.
Thanks for setting this reminder squarely in front of us at another historical milestone; the end of the year that saw Canada take a stand for its nationhood.
What a moving article, on this new year. Canada exists and thrives despite all the internal and external influences. Challenging times are ahead and sometimes Canada moves as fast as a boulder stuck in a slow moving glacier. We’ll continue the journey.
Thank you!
This… I don’t think I ever heard the story in detail; only that the flame was initially lit in honour of our hundredth year as a nation. I was 16, a military dependent living on a Cold War base in Germany, and much more preoccupied with things other than the fate of our nation at that time. My interest in history and the events that post-dated WWII had barely begun.
Thanks for setting this reminder squarely in front of us at another historical milestone; the end of the year that saw Canada take a stand for its nationhood.
I didn’t know this. I must have missed the Heritage Moment LOL Very cool.