Monday 5 August 2013

Happy Simcoe Day!

Today is a holiday here in Ontario.

It is named for Col. John Graves Simcoe ...
  • Hero of the American Revolution
  • Commanding officer of the Queen's York Rangers
  • Founder of Toronto
  • First Lt. Governor of Upper Canada
  • Builder of Yonge Street
  • Abolished slavery in what's now Ontario 30 years before the rest of the British Empire did it and 60 years before Abe Lincoln did it

3 comments:

Teresa said...

Hope you enjoyed your day off.

Knit and Purl Mama said...

Hope you had a great day off! We don't get this holiday in Quebec.

Masshole Mommy said...

I didn't know this!