A few thoughts after the big day, the expensive fireworks, a rubber duck floating in Lake Ontario, and the teepee in Ottawa moved at last to a more respected spot. <\/p>\n
Elizabeth Hearn Milner Oh Canada!<\/p>\n Yes, we marked Canada\u2019s one hundred and fiftieth year, We ignored these residents the This land mass is a splendid Canada\u2019s one hundred and fiftieth year deserved a thoughtful celebration, A few thoughts after the big day, the expensive fireworks, a rubber duck floating in Lake Ontario, and the teepee in Ottawa moved at last to a more respected spot. Elizabeth Hearn Milner Bracebridge (formerly Aurora) Oh Canada! Yes, we marked Canada\u2019s one hundred and fiftieth year, But there is something not to be forgotten […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-opinion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBracebridge<\/strong>
\n(formerly Aurora)<\/p>\n
\nBut there is something not to be forgotten I fear,
\nNations survived here long before we white people came.
\nYet, we bestowed upon this land
\nour claim.<\/p>\n
\nright to this their land,
\nAn egregious act to be recalled
\nyou understand.
\nWe number this sesquicentennial
\nfrom our arrival
\nAnd celebrate the numbered
\nyears of our survival.<\/p>\n
\nand bountiful place.
\nA land of mountains, plains,
\nwaters and endless space.
\nWe must protect the precious
\ngifts we all now own
\nRemembering those from whom
\neach prize was stolen.<\/p>\n
\n And let us not forget the story of those here long before our occupation.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"