Canadian Thanksgiving?
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Well, the Canucks have something to be thankful for. Had they not won the War of 1812 they would have Obama as Head of State, rather than HM the Queen.
Hmmm. I am forced, reluctantly, to agree. 🙂
That first video clip reminded me of my 10 y/o grandchildren discussing pimples.
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When you say “they”, technically, you’re speaking of the British. “They” were still British subjects back then. So,”they” (the Canadians) really never beat us.
Tito, so the British beat you. I can live with that. But it’s a bit paradoxical that when Americans fought the British you call them Americans, but when Canadians fought the Americans you call them British.
By “win” the War of 1812 read “survive”. US invasions of Canada were conducted in that War with the same skill that the Brits showed in their New Orleans adventure. However, we had no hard feelings towards the Canadians, and some Americans even gave them some aid in 1837.
Don, the 1812 “war” was marked by incompetence on both sides and was an unwelcome sideshow in a far more important conflict. The US did not achieve its war aims and was technically the loser (as well as sustaining higher casualties). Had it not given a reasonably good account of itself militarily the peace terms at Ghent would have been more punitive, but this hardly counts as a victory.
So the British beat us Americans in the War of 1812. Sure they did. The British rampaged over Baltimore after burning down Washington…oh, wait.
Cue Francis Scott Key.
The British took control of Lake Erie…oh, wait.
Cue the monument at Put In Bay, Ohio.
The superior British forces marched through the New Orleans French Quarter…oh, wait.
I’m looking at a $20 bill and the President on it.
When Great Britain thought about recognizing the Confederacy during the Civil War (yes, I’m from the North) Abe Lincoln told the British he would turn his forces north and take Canada. This is from Ken Burns’ series. The British decided the rebels weren’t worth it.
Per the second video…..Americans west of the Allegheny Mountains call it pop, too. It’s pop in Pittsburgh, but go to Harrisbug and they call it “soda”. As if!
Yes, PF, here in Illinois it is called pop. Now, my bride who hails from Wisconsin grew up calling it soda.
My calling that beverage “soda” may be due to having had a Dad who hailed from upstate New York (near Albany).
America is the first nation to have Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day must have infiltrated into the Canadian culture by way of the Indians and early settlers.