Hon. George F.G. Stanley Canadian Flag memorial
This monument was erected by the Town of Sackville and unveiled on Canada Day, 1 July, 1995 in recognition of Dr. Stanley’s many contributions to the Town of Sackville, the Province of New Brunswick and the nation of Canada, and especially in recognition of his role in suggesting the design of the new Canadian Flag officially inaugurated on 15 February 1965, the date now celebrated annually as National Flag of Canada Day.
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The letter, dated March 23, 1964, was written by George Stanley, an eminent Canadian historian and dean of arts at the Royal Military College in Kingston. George Stanley suggested the Royal Military College’s red-white-red design as a good basis for a distinctive Canadian flag. Mr. Stanley’s letter was addressed to John Matheson, today an 84-year-old retired judge in Kingston, back then a Liberal MP from Brockville who had emerged as then-prime minister Lester B. Pearson’s pointman on the government’s most explosive issue: the promised adoption of a new and distinctive national flag. “The single leaf,” Mr. Stanley proposed, “has the virtue of simplicity; it emphasizes the distinctive Canadian symbol; and suggests the idea of loyalty to a single country.”
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Inscription
ERECTED BY
THE TOWN OF SACKVILLE
TO COMMEMORATE
THE DESIGNER
OF THE CANADIAN FLAG
GEORGE F.G. STANLEY
C.C., C.D., K.St.J., D.Phil., LL.D.,
FORMER LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF NEW
BRUNSWICK, PROFESSOR, HISTORIAN
SECOND WORLD WAR VETERAN AND FOR
MANY YEARS, CITIZEN OF SACKVILLE,
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS CONTRIBUTION
TO OUR TOWN, PROVINCE AND COUNTRY.
JULY 1, 1995.
Hon. George F.G. Stanley Canadian Flag memorial
This monument was erected by the Town of Sackville and unveiled on Canada Day, 1 July, 1995 in recognition of Dr. Stanley’s many contributions to the Town of Sackville, the Province of New Brunswick and the nation of Canada, and especially in recognition of his role in suggesting the design of the new Canadian Flag officially inaugurated on 15 February 1965, the date now celebrated annually as National Flag of Canada Day.
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The letter, dated March 23, 1964, was written by George Stanley, an eminent Canadian historian and dean of arts at the Royal Military College in Kingston. George Stanley suggested the Royal Military College’s red-white-red design as a good basis for a distinctive Canadian flag. Mr. Stanley’s letter was addressed to John Matheson, today an 84-year-old retired judge in Kingston, back then a Liberal MP from Brockville who had emerged as then-prime minister Lester B. Pearson’s pointman on the government’s most explosive issue: the promised adoption of a new and distinctive national flag. “The single leaf,” Mr. Stanley proposed, “has the virtue of simplicity; it emphasizes the distinctive Canadian symbol; and suggests the idea of loyalty to a single country.”
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