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I'm late on my blogging this week due to having stuffed myself into a
sleepy haze on Monday - Canada's Thanksgiving Day.

This got me wondering about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada, and I
stumbled across a little document on the Canadian Heritage website.

It turns out, Thanksgiving first occurred here in 1799--before we were even
officially a country. There was no set date until 1957, when a proclamation
determined it would be the second Monday in October.

What really tickled me, however, was seeing the reasons proclaimed for
holding Thanksgiving, which were often thanks for an abundant harvest, but
sometimes differed from year to year. On Wednesday, 6 Feb. 1833, it was
held for "Cessation of cholera," and on Monday, 15 April 1872, "For
restoration to health of HRH the Prince of Wales."

And then there's Thursday, 21 Apr. 1814, when Thanksgiving was held "For
glorious victories over our enemies." Looks like we didn't always live up
to the stereotype of friendly, polite, meek Canadians.

Leanne Olson

(Wild turkey photo by Gary M. Stoltz, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

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[James Ruwaldt]

A quick look suggests the 1814 victory refers to the British victory of Napoleon. However, I notice it was in the middle of the War of 1812, which suggested the British were celebrating a premature victory, since the war lasted another year.

Jim

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I'm late on my blogging this week due to having stuffed myself into a sleepy haze on Monday - Canada's Thanksgiving Day.

This got me wondering about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada, and I stumbled across a little document on the Canadian Heritage website.

It turns out, Thanksgiving first occurred here in 1799--before we were even officially a country. There was no set date until 1957, when a proclamation determined it would be the second Monday in October.

What really tickled me, however, was seeing the reasons proclaimed for holding Thanksgiving, which were often thanks for an abundant harvest, but sometimes differed from year to year. On Wednesday, 6 Feb. 1833, it was held for "Cessation of cholera," and on Monday, 15 April 1872, "For restoration to health of HRH the Prince of Wales."

And then there's Thursday, 21 Apr. 1814, when Thanksgiving was held "For glorious victories over our enemies." Looks like we didn't always live up to the stereotype of friendly, polite, meek Canadians.

Leanne Olson

(Wild turkey photo by Gary M. Stoltz, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

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[Leanne Olson]

Jim, I was wondering that myself when I wrote the post. Very curious.

My first thought was War of 1812, but you're right, it seems premature.
I took a look here and didn't see anything I'd think was a major victory
around April 21st:
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/pages/52_1812_10.aspx

Napoleon makes sense too. Hmm! If anyone discovers the answer I'd love
to know.

Leanne

On 17/10/2014 7:14 AM, James Ruwaldt wrote:
> A quick look suggests the 1814 victory refers to the British victory of Napoleon. However, I notice it was in the middle of the War of 1812, which suggested the British were celebrating a premature victory, since the war lasted another year.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Ruwaldt
> Senior Library Technician
> Guilford Technical Community College
> 601 High Point Rd.
> P.O. Box 309
> Jamestown, NC 27282
> [phone] ext. 50679
>
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> I'm late on my blogging this week due to having stuffed myself into a sleepy haze on Monday - Canada's Thanksgiving Day.
>
> This got me wondering about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada, and I stumbled across a little document on the Canadian Heritage website.
>
> It turns out, Thanksgiving first occurred here in 1799--before we were even officially a country. There was no set date until 1957, when a proclamation determined it would be the second Monday in October.
>
> What really tickled me, however, was seeing the reasons proclaimed for holding Thanksgiving, which were often thanks for an abundant harvest, but sometimes differed from year to year. On Wednesday, 6 Feb. 1833, it was held for "Cessation of cholera," and on Monday, 15 April 1872, "For restoration to health of HRH the Prince of Wales."
>
> And then there's Thursday, 21 Apr. 1814, when Thanksgiving was held "For glorious victories over our enemies." Looks like we didn't always live up to the stereotype of friendly, polite, meek Canadians.
>
> Leanne Olson
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[James Ruwaldt]

This was before Waterloo, which wasn't until the next year, but Napoleon abdicated on April 6, which may have been the reason for the Thanksgiving. I don't know if Britain celebrated an earlier Thanksgiving, with Canadians maybe only getting around to it on April 21, because it took that long for news of the abdication to get there. I also see Napoleon was exiled to Elba on April 11, after the Treaty of Fontainebleau, so I think we can be safe in saying it had something to do with Napoleon, however premature.

Jim

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Jim, I was wondering that myself when I wrote the post. Very curious.

My first thought was War of 1812, but you're right, it seems premature.
I took a look here and didn't see anything I'd think was a major victory around April 21st:
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/pages/52_1812_10.aspx

Napoleon makes sense too. Hmm! If anyone discovers the answer I'd love to know.

Leanne

On 17/10/2014 7:14 AM, James Ruwaldt wrote:
> A quick look suggests the 1814 victory refers to the British victory of Napoleon. However, I notice it was in the middle of the War of 1812, which suggested the British were celebrating a premature victory, since the war lasted another year.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Ruwaldt
> Senior Library Technician
> Guilford Technical Community College
> 601 High Point Rd.
> P.O. Box 309
> Jamestown, NC 27282
> [phone] ext. 50679
>
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>
> This got me wondering about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada, and I stumbled across a little document on the Canadian Heritage website.
>
> It turns out, Thanksgiving first occurred here in 1799--before we were even officially a country. There was no set date until 1957, when a proclamation determined it would be the second Monday in October.
>
> What really tickled me, however, was seeing the reasons proclaimed for holding Thanksgiving, which were often thanks for an abundant harvest, but sometimes differed from year to year. On Wednesday, 6 Feb. 1833, it was held for "Cessation of cholera," and on Monday, 15 April 1872, "For restoration to health of HRH the Prince of Wales."
>
> And then there's Thursday, 21 Apr. 1814, when Thanksgiving was held "For glorious victories over our enemies." Looks like we didn't always live up to the stereotype of friendly, polite, meek Canadians.
>
> Leanne Olson
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[Goldfarb, Kathie]

Just ran it through Google. The Battle of New Orleans has been
considered the last battle of the War of 1812, but was fought Jan. 6,
1815. (checked because I remembered the song Battle of New Orleans :-)


Kathie

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Jim, I was wondering that myself when I wrote the post. Very curious.

My first thought was War of 1812, but you're right, it seems premature.

I took a look here and didn't see anything I'd think was a major victory
around April 21st:
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/pages/52_1812_10.aspx

Napoleon makes sense too. Hmm! If anyone discovers the answer I'd love
to know.

Leanne

On 17/10/2014 7:14 AM, James Ruwaldt wrote:
> A quick look suggests the 1814 victory refers to the British victory
of Napoleon. However, I notice it was in the middle of the War of 1812,
which suggested the British were celebrating a premature victory, since
the war lasted another year.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Ruwaldt
> Senior Library Technician
> Guilford Technical Community College
> 601 High Point Rd.
> P.O. Box 309
> Jamestown, NC 27282
> [phone] ext. 50679
>
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> I'm late on my blogging this week due to having stuffed myself into a
sleepy haze on Monday - Canada's Thanksgiving Day.
>
> This got me wondering about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada, and
I stumbled across a little document on the Canadian Heritage website.
>
> It turns out, Thanksgiving first occurred here in 1799--before we were
even officially a country. There was no set date until 1957, when a
proclamation determined it would be the second Monday in October.
>
> What really tickled me, however, was seeing the reasons proclaimed for
holding Thanksgiving, which were often thanks for an abundant harvest,
but sometimes differed from year to year. On Wednesday, 6 Feb. 1833, it
was held for "Cessation of cholera," and on Monday, 15 April 1872, "For
restoration to health of HRH the Prince of Wales."
>
> And then there's Thursday, 21 Apr. 1814, when Thanksgiving was held
"For glorious victories over our enemies." Looks like we didn't always
live up to the stereotype of friendly, polite, meek Canadians.
>
> Leanne Olson
>
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[Anderson, William]

New Orleans was fought after the signing of Treaty of Ghent (Dec. 24, 1814), though the U.S. Congress did not approve it to a month and a half later. There were a few small scale naval encounters even after that. News travelled slowly then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_War_of_1812


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Just ran it through Google. The Battle of New Orleans has been considered the last battle of the War of 1812, but was fought Jan. 6, 1815. (checked because I remembered the song Battle of New Orleans :-)


Kathie

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Jim, I was wondering that myself when I wrote the post. Very curious.

My first thought was War of 1812, but you're right, it seems premature.

I took a look here and didn't see anything I'd think was a major victory
around April 21st:
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/pages/52_1812_10.aspx

Napoleon makes sense too. Hmm! If anyone discovers the answer I'd love
to know.

Leanne

On 17/10/2014 7:14 AM, James Ruwaldt wrote:
> A quick look suggests the 1814 victory refers to the British victory
of Napoleon. However, I notice it was in the middle of the War of 1812,
which suggested the British were celebrating a premature victory, since
the war lasted another year.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Ruwaldt
> Senior Library Technician
> Guilford Technical Community College
> 601 High Point Rd.
> P.O. Box 309
> Jamestown, NC 27282
> [phone] ext. 50679
>
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> I'm late on my blogging this week due to having stuffed myself into a
sleepy haze on Monday - Canada's Thanksgiving Day.
>
> This got me wondering about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada, and
I stumbled across a little document on the Canadian Heritage website.
>
> It turns out, Thanksgiving first occurred here in 1799--before we were
even officially a country. There was no set date until 1957, when a
proclamation determined it would be the second Monday in October.
>
> What really tickled me, however, was seeing the reasons proclaimed for
holding Thanksgiving, which were often thanks for an abundant harvest,
but sometimes differed from year to year. On Wednesday, 6 Feb. 1833, it
was held for "Cessation of cholera," and on Monday, 15 April 1872, "For
restoration to health of HRH the Prince of Wales."
>
> And then there's Thursday, 21 Apr. 1814, when Thanksgiving was held
"For glorious victories over our enemies." Looks like we didn't always
live up to the stereotype of friendly, polite, meek Canadians.
>
> Leanne Olson
>
> (Wild turkey photo by Gary M. Stoltz, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
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Napoleon was defeated in early 1814 (Battle of Leipzig, 1813, invasion of
France 1814) - bringing to an end the War of the Sixth Coalition [I had no
idea that it was called this - I've just generally referred to the whole
thing as the Napoleonic Wars]
Napoleon abdicated on the 11th April 1814 - and was sent into exile.
[Of course, he soon escaped - and re-started the whole thing - but no one
knew this at the time. So there was indeed general rejoicing at the end of
more than a decade of European War]

Not sure about the rate of information transmission in the 19th Century -
would news from 11th April have made it to Canada by 21st of April?


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Jim, I was wondering that myself when I wrote the post. Very curious.

My first thought was War of 1812, but you're right, it seems premature.
I took a look here and didn't see anything I'd think was a major victory
around April 21st:
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/pages/52_1812_10.aspx

Napoleon makes sense too. Hmm! If anyone discovers the answer I'd love to
know.

Leanne

On 17/10/2014 7:14 AM, James Ruwaldt wrote:
> A quick look suggests the 1814 victory refers to the British victory of
Napoleon. However, I notice it was in the middle of the War of 1812, which
suggested the British were celebrating a premature victory, since the war
lasted another year.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Ruwaldt
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> I'm late on my blogging this week due to having stuffed myself into a
sleepy haze on Monday - Canada's Thanksgiving Day.
>
> This got me wondering about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada, and I
stumbled across a little document on the Canadian Heritage website.
>
> It turns out, Thanksgiving first occurred here in 1799--before we were
even officially a country. There was no set date until 1957, when a
proclamation determined it would be the second Monday in October.
>
> What really tickled me, however, was seeing the reasons proclaimed for
holding Thanksgiving, which were often thanks for an abundant harvest, but
sometimes differed from year to year. On Wednesday, 6 Feb. 1833, it was held
for "Cessation of cholera," and on Monday, 15 April 1872, "For restoration
to health of HRH the Prince of Wales."
>
> And then there's Thursday, 21 Apr. 1814, when Thanksgiving was held "For
glorious victories over our enemies." Looks like we didn't always live up to
the stereotype of friendly, polite, meek Canadians.
>
> Leanne Olson
>
> (Wild turkey photo by Gary M. Stoltz, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
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[J. McRee Elrod]

Ann said:

>
>Not sure about the rate of information transmission in the 19th Century -
>would news from 11th April have made it to Canada by 21st of April?

No. News came by ship.

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[Anderson, William]

As witnessed by Sir Thomas Packenham's repulsed assault on New Orleans after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent (though granted it was still waiting for approval from the U.S. Congress. Ships at sea were worse off. The last action of the war was a duel between USS Hornet and HMS Penguin on March 23, 1815, full month after the approval.

During the American Civil War, the CSS Alabama was in Alaskan waters hunting the whaling fleet. Captain Raphael Semmes caught a group of whalers, who had heard the news of the war's end (telegraph in a west coast port?) and were placidly resting at anchor. A whaling captain informed Semmes the war was over. Semmes was disinclined to believe a Yankee whaler, told him to abandon his ships, and promptly sunk the lot.

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Ann said:

>
>Not sure about the rate of information transmission in the 19th Century
>- would news from 11th April have made it to Canada by 21st of April?

No. News came by ship.

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[Eric v.d. Luft]

> During the American Civil War, the CSS Alabama was in Alaskan waters hunting the whaling fleet. Captain Raphael Semmes caught a group of whalers, who had heard the news of the war's end (telegraph in a west coast port?) and were placidly resting at anchor. A whaling captain informed Semmes the war was over. Semmes was disinclined to believe a Yankee whaler, told him to abandon his ships, and promptly sunk the lot.

If this story is true, then Semmes was correct that the Yanks were
lying. The C.S.S. Alabama was lost to the U.S.S. Kearsarge off the coast
of France in 1864.

FWIW,

E.

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[Anderson, William]

I mixed my ships up. It was the CSS Shenandoah under James Waddell

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> During the American Civil War, the CSS Alabama was in Alaskan waters hunting the whaling fleet. Captain Raphael Semmes caught a group of whalers, who had heard the news of the war's end (telegraph in a west coast port?) and were placidly resting at anchor. A whaling captain informed Semmes the war was over. Semmes was disinclined to believe a Yankee whaler, told him to abandon his ships, and promptly sunk the lot.

If this story is true, then Semmes was correct that the Yanks were lying. The C.S.S. Alabama was lost to the U.S.S. Kearsarge off the coast of France in 1864.

FWIW,

E.

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[Lavey, Patrick]

Hello:

The British won victories over the military forces of the United States in the Canadian front of our War of 1812. The posting in the "Typo of the Day" may refer to the defeat and routing of U.S. forces which had invaded Canada. The conquest of Canadian territory was a goal of the United States in this war. I am not sure, but I think Canadians may celebrate this defense of their independence from the United States.

Patrick Lavey
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A quick look suggests the 1814 victory refers to the British victory of Napoleon. However, I notice it was in the middle of the War of 1812, which suggested the British were celebrating a premature victory, since the war lasted another year.

Jim

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I'm late on my blogging this week due to having stuffed myself into a sleepy haze on Monday - Canada's Thanksgiving Day.

This got me wondering about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada, and I stumbled across a little document on the Canadian Heritage website.

It turns out, Thanksgiving first occurred here in 1799--before we were even officially a country. There was no set date until 1957, when a proclamation determined it would be the second Monday in October.

What really tickled me, however, was seeing the reasons proclaimed for holding Thanksgiving, which were often thanks for an abundant harvest, but sometimes differed from year to year. On Wednesday, 6 Feb. 1833, it was held for "Cessation of cholera," and on Monday, 15 April 1872, "For restoration to health of HRH the Prince of Wales."

And then there's Thursday, 21 Apr. 1814, when Thanksgiving was held "For glorious victories over our enemies." Looks like we didn't always live up to the stereotype of friendly, polite, meek Canadians.

Leanne Olson

(Wild turkey photo by Gary M. Stoltz, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

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