A Canadian Family

Postcard of Magog Fanfare (1967-1969) | Quebec Marching Band

This postcard was easy to date.

It was mailed in 1969 and it sports Canada’s Maple Leaf flag which had came into use just two years earlier.

Up until then Canada – like many other members of the British Commonwealth -

was represented by a Red Ensign. The new flag was part of our 1967

Centennial Year celebrations.

This postcard was easy to date.

It was mailed in 1969 and it sports Canada’s Maple Leaf flag which had came into use just two years earlier.

Up until then Canada – like many other members of the British Commonwealth -

was represented by a Red Ensign. The new flag was part of our 1967

Centennial Year celebrations.

You may have noticed a nun sitting in the front row. When I growing up in Quebec in the 50/60s nuns in full traditional habit were not an unusual site. In fact, at that time even public Catholic schools in Quebec were still staffed by religious brothers and sisters. This seems to be a municipal marching band but I do wonder whether this nun was a Magog school teacher – perhaps a music teacher?

If you have any information about this marching band I’d love to hear

 Vous pouvez repondre en francais.

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Vintage Postcard: United We Stand, British Empire Ensigns

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Useful Links:

Magog & Lake Memphremagog

Ville de Magog - en francais

Quebec’s religious roots go back to when it was New France …

The Role of the Catholic Church in New France by Lucie Leblanc Consentino

February 1, 2010 - Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Magog, nun