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suburbman
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 Posted: 10/06/04 - 15:42 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | RexRacer wrote: | | Don't forget Neil Young!! Hell, he should have his own day (in the US, too). |
True dat.
He's the answer to the trivia question - who's the only member of the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame whose father is in a sports HoF? His dad is in the Hockey Hall (as a writer/reporter). |
There you go, I didn't know that about Neil Young. His dad played hockey? what an awesome trivia question.
Ok Rex, in answer to your question. The civic holiday is just a day to celebrate the first day of August. It originally began in Toronto, based after a prominent politician John Simco (Simco County) and his civic presence. The other provinces adopted the idea and celebrated their own prominent civilian.
In all honesty, just a day off to celebrate the summer. We're like that. After all that winter we have we need to celebrate warmth. 
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