CANADA: Buntings and Icebergs

Decked in bunting, schooled in her curtsies, excited and nervous as a schoolgirl, Canada last week anxiously awaited the most important event in her life since Wolfe landed with his Army under the bluffs of Quebec 180 years ago to wrest the country from the French for Britain. George VI, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, King, and his Queen, Elizabeth, were coming a-visiting—the first sovereign visit in Canada's history.

Spring snow still lingered on the broad slopes of the St. Lawrence and...

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