Well were en route home now. After a brief stop in San Francisco we'll be home this evening. Over this last couple of days I've been reading the History of Canada and thoroughly enjoying what I should have learned in high school. Did you know that...?
* In the first census there were 20 atheists in Canada,
* Samuel de Champlains greater purpose was to Christianize Canada,
* The Methodist circuit riding preachers were looked forward to because of the difficulty of pioneer life,
* A seventh of all land was set apart for gov't and another seventh was set aside for the Protestant church,
* In 1812 President James Madison declared,"There would be a second war and Canada would be annexed." (half million Americans against half million British subjects--we won of course),
* In 1865 monarchists wanted to call our nation the Kingdom of Canada. Leonard Tilley compromised by quoting Psalm 72 "He shall have dominion from sea to sea..." We were called a dominion after that.
Well back to my reading. We've got an interesting history.
Barry
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