Calling it Dominion Day has the charm of honesty, at least.

[commodorified]

On this day in 1867, the Articles of Confederation were signed and the Dominion of Canada created.



On this day in 1916, nearly eight hundred soldiers of the First Newfoundland went into battle at Beamont-Hamel.
On July 2, sixty-eight soldiers of the First Newfoundland answered at roll call. 324 were known to have been killed or were missing, presumed dead. 386 were wounded.



On this day in 2017, there is a tipi on the unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory of Parliament Hill.

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[legionseagle]

The Salford Pals also were pretty much wiped out on this day in 1916: here's a bit about our parish church and its war memorial.

[dewline]

I thought the front page of today's Globe and Mail, excerpting from the front page of the edition published on 1 July 1867 and the words of George Brown therein, nailed the real name of the occasion: Confederation Day.

That quibble of mine aside...

[commodorified]

I don't believe I made the claim you seem to be rebutting.

[dewline]

The title of the post asserted the claim. And as I'm not a monarchist, and less comfortable with "Canada Day" as the years pass...

[commodorified]

It was officially called Dominion Day for many years. If you want to argue a meaning of "real" not embraced by that, I'm afraid you're going to need to enjoy that argument without me.

[amadi]

I caught pieces of info on Twitter, but couldn't quite get the whole story. Were there arrests or threats relating to the raising of the tipi? Or perhaps the use of it as anything other than a symbol?

[commodorified]

I've only been getting bits and pieces and having sole custody of two animals in a heat wave I am a) non-arrestable right now and b) not going downtown with or without the dog, so I don't know much more than you.

My sense is, trust VICE mostly, the Twitter accounts of the organisers almost entirely ("almost" only because they're individuals under great pressure in a fluid situation in the midst of a huge crowd so sometimes they have to correct their info) and the CBC with awareness of their bias towards Reconciliation Is The Most Important Thing. ETA and the government's comments not at all, with the exception of Saganash, who is pretty solid.

I believe there were nine arrests and at least some were released quickly but w/ conditions.

[amadi]

Got it. Thank you.

[commodorified]

All were released with conditions - which included exclusion from the Hill for six months.

[amadi]

Good grief.

[graydon]

I think the inability to agree what the festival is called -- or even if it's a festival, as distinct from a celebration -- is a very Canadian thing.

Glad the tipi got there after all.