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Sheriff Roland:
Leonard Cohen (1934 - )

philosopher, songwriter, recording artist
   - Hallelujah
   - Bird on the Wire
   - Suzanne

Sheriff Roland:
Terry Fox (1958 - 1981)

Hero
   - 2nd Greatest Canadian
   - Marathon of Hope (tried to run across Canada, 26 miles {a marathon} each day - on one leg --- his other leg had been lost to cancer.)


http://www.terryfoxrun.org/english/about%20terry%20fox/default.asp?s=1


His hope was to raise 1$ from each Canadian to help find a cure for cancer.
Instead, in the past 28 years, more than 400 million $ have been raised in his name

Shakesthecoffecan:

--- Quote from: Sheriff Roland on July 01, 2008, 02:25:37 pm ---Leonard Cohen (1934 - )

philosopher, songwriter, recording artist
   - Hallelujah
   - Bird on the Wire
   - Suzanne



--- End quote ---

And Famous Blue Raincoat!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etljYFnuPGQ[/youtube]

Shakesthecoffecan:
And for Americans of a certain age, there is no forgetting the the Canadian Embassy in Tehran who smuggled out a number of Americans who were away from their Embassy when it was over run on 4 November 1979.

Cheers to Kenneth Taylor, Canadian Ambassador to Iran, and his staff.

brokeplex:

--- Quote from: shakestheground on July 01, 2008, 03:38:48 pm ---And for Americans of a certain age, there is no forgetting the the Canadian Embassy in Tehran who smuggled out a number of Americans who were away from their Embassy when it was over run on 4 November 1979.

Cheers to Kenneth Taylor, Canadian Ambassador to Iran, and his staff.



--- End quote ---

I remember that! In my small town, the local bank ran a Canadian flag up one of the three flag poles in front of the bank in honor of the support from Canada. So there along with the US flag and the Texas flag flew the Canadian flag for quite some time. The flying of those 3 flags in front of our bank made the front page news in a nearby metropolitan daily and drew attention from people who had never seen a Canadian flag before.

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