Quebec City's 400th birthday stays under radar

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ricknight, excellent analogy Rick, My Hometown of Quebec City is unlike any other city and province, a place to experience to know the true meaning of a beautiful city, party people and province.  Quebec, once a fun, friendly atmosphere where English and French lived in relative non political harmony was pretty  politicized during the FLQ, followed by Chain Smoking Rene Levesque, culminating with Pierre Trudeau and his inability to see that Quebecois don't like to be told what to do or say, like Alberta or British Columbia.  I will be in La Belle Province to visit my family and friends to celebrate our heritage and 400 year old anniversary with Anglais Bells on.

My family hit the Quebec Shores from Ireland in the early 1750's, fleeing Ireland during the British purge of all things Catholic and Britain instituting Protestant ascendency taking all from the Irish.  Catholic France on the other hand always an ally of Ireland through religion alloted many Irish immigrants large tracts of lush, rich farmland near the Huron Village (In which many of our family coexisted peacefully and intermarried with the Huron First Nations) in exchange for a new life and to join French Military forces in defending Quebec City and outlying villages from all comers. This life saving gesture from France versus the British in the 1800's allotting all Irish Immigrants farmland, consisting of rocky outcrops and swamps throughout the Ottawa valley in Ontario for Irish immigrants who wish to help build Defensive Forts and later to build the Rideau Canal in which umpteen thousands of Irish, Scots, French perished of famine, Indian attacks,  dysentry and malaria.

Yeah, I can see why British Royalty and certain Politicians are not invited to this Gala French Event, though she will always be considered my Queen, she had nothing to do historically with past events and would distance herself if she could from her ethnic cleansing Royal ancestors.