By order of the Canadian Parliament in 1957, today is "A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed ... to be observed on the second Monday in October." The first thanksgiving observation...
We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separate it by white in stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her... [Attributed to George Washington; however unconfirmed.] On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress proposed...