Importance of Candaien Flag

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Importance of the Canadian Anthem and Flag It’s really important that we recognize the National Anthem and Flag of our great country, Canada. Its anthem stands for what we guard and the True North we are which is strong and free. The anthem was 1st sung on June 24th in 1880. But it wasn’t officially called the anthem until July 1st 1980. Which was an entire century after it was first sung. The music for the anthem was composed by Calixa Lavallee who is a well known composer. This song was 1st written in French by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routher. The first English version of our great anthem came out in 1906.Its only 1 more year before our anthem gets famous! On September 25th, 2008, John Furlong, the chairman of VANOC, the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics organizing committee, announced that "With glowing hearts" from the English lyrics and "Des plus brillants exploits" from the French lyrics would be used as trademarked slogans for the 2010 Olympics. This is going to show what our great Canada is and what it stands for. The Canadian flag is also another very important part of Canada. I am sorry I was misbehaving during the anthem today. Now I have learned the importance of it, I will not disrespect it again. The length of our flag is twice the width. The number of points on our flag was decided on what would look best under high winds without distorting our flag’s appearance. The image of the maple leaf used on the flag was designed by Jacques Saint-Cyr. In 1921, King George the V colors of Canada is red from Saint George’s cross and white from the French emblem by King George VII. The first flag known to have flown in Canada was the St George's Cross English flag which was held by John Cabot when he reached the east coast of Canada in 1497. In 1534, Jacques Cartier planted a cross in Gaspe bearing the French royal coat of arms with the fleurs-de-lis. His ship flew a

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