Monday, 5 August 2019

Happy Simcoe Day!

It's Simoe Day, a statutory 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

1 comment:

Hailey and Zaphod and their Lady said...

Enjoy your day off. It is Colonel By Day in Ottawa.