Comments | cool_moose: July THIRD ... North America's REAL birthday!! 400

cool_moose

July THIRD ... North America's REAL birthday!! 400

Jul 02, 2008 23:09

Tomorrow (July 3) is our 400th birthday. Nah, I don't mean yesterday, July 1st, when Canada celebrated its 141 birthday, or even you American upstarts who celebrate Independence Day on July 4th, a mere adolescent of 232 years ( Read more... )

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csn July 3 2008, 09:48:19 UTC

Pish Tosh..what about Jamestown? ;)

csn July 3 2008, 23:00:47 UTC

Pfffft! ... Jamestown was 1607. Samuel de Champlain explored the St. Lawrence and started a settlement for New France (Tadoussac) in 1603 ... but returned to found Québec City in 1608.

I suppose we must admit that Spain settled St. Augustine (Florida) in 1565 - or John Cabot's claiming Newfoundland in 1497, Jacques Cartier's claim for France in 1534. Or Eric & his Scandinavians in Vinland circa 1000. Still, the oldest major city that remains to this day is Québec City. "Vive Québec Libre!"

C'est moi ... ;-) cool_moose July 3 2008, 23:03:26 UTC

*must remember to log in*

henkkuli July 3 2008, 13:59:49 UTC

La Ville de Québec -- non, nous n'avons pas de fromage.

cool_moose July 3 2008, 22:44:09 UTC

Pas de fromage?? Impossible!

I suppose we should really tip our hats to the Norsemen, no doubt including some Finns, with being the first settlers in North America (Vinland, or Newfoundland) - but they didn't stay. Besides, Newfie doesn't count - it's not the mainland, after all.

tisoi August 17 2008, 09:00:53 UTC

Long time no see, Tom. how's have you been?

'tisoi' - a new name cool_moose August 19 2008, 05:59:13 UTC

I've been fine ... playing 'abuela', 'grandpère' ( 祖父 ) ( 할아버지 ) to my growing brood of grandkids. Hence I'm an infrequent visitor to LJ these days but hope all is well with you and yours.