Happy Canada Day!

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Happy Dominion Day, you mean! Call me old fashioned...

Just watched a two hour special on the ceremonies commemorating the 90th anniversary of the battle of Beaumont Hamel... very touching. And yes, I was well familiar with the battle long ago.

The Last Post followed by Revielle makes me cry, I'm not ashamed to say.

The CBC in this did very well, surprisingly. What I didn't know is that Rex Murphy, who I like, is a Newfie. I've worked with them in past and love them all.

For those of you not in the loop here, Google 'Royal Newfoundland Regiment' and 'Beaumont Hamel'. 801 went in and next morning, 68 were on parade.

Princess Anne presided over the ceremony in the actual trenches at Beaumont Hamel, while our Governor General did the same in Ottawa today. All in all very well done.

In the meantime, Happy Dominion Day, everyone! This day in 1867, Canada was granted status as an independent Dominion by the Crown, through implementation of the British North America Act.