Happy, happy celebration day to you!!! Today is a day to shout out to all who are enjoying this civic holiday in various cities, but have no idea why they have a holiday today. If you live in Ottawa, Happy Colonel John By Day to you. And if you want to know WHO Colonel John By was, and WHY you are/should be celebratiing him today, you should read the article here, and listen to the podcast here. If you live in Burlington, Happy Joseph Brant Day to you. And if you want to know WHO Joseph Brant was, and WHY you are/should be celebratiing him today, you should read the article here, and listen to the podcast here. If you live in Toronto, Happy Simcoe Day to You. And if you want to know WHO John Graves Simcoe was, and WHY you are/should be celebratiing him today, you should read Part 1 of the article here, and listen to Part 1 of the podcast here. Part 2 of the article and Part 2 of the podcast are next to each other, so you can easily listen to them. If you live in Sarnia, Happy Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie Day to you. And if you want to know WHO Alexander Mackenzie was, and WHY you are celebratiing him today, you should read Part 1 of the article here, and listen to the podcast here. Part 2 of the article will be posted soon, but you can listen to Part 2 of the podcast here. The common characteristics of all these people are:
Watch for Part 2 of the article of that great statesman, Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie, the man of whom it is said that he had a 'stainless steel' character. I'll be in touch again soon.
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