>Sue and I spent the past two Saturdays at country fairs. The first was at a
>tiny village called Middleville, where their 150th fall fair was marked by
>flags at half mast and a tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks.
>
>Yesterday, we were volunteers at the 138th Carp Fair, the largest country
>fair in eastern Ontario (where every village has a fair, it seems).
>Prominent in the centre of the front rank of the Royal Canadian Legion
>colour party was Old Glory and the ceremonies commenced with the singing of
>the US national anthem, The Canadian flag, on the highest mast at the fair,
>had been at half mast at the start and was raised to the peak during the
>singing of the anthems. It was all very moving and a wonderful expression of
>friendship. It was, as far as anyone knows, the first time the American flag
>or anthem had been used in the 138 years the fair has been held.
>
>I thought you might like to know.
>
>
>Harry
>Harry Needham Consulting Services Inc.
>Consulting, training & research solutions
>for heritage institutions - and others!
>74 Abbeyhill Drive
>Kanata ON K2L 1H1 Canada
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Sept 24, 2001

Thank you, Harry, you brought tears to my eyes.

I always make it a point to delete the unnecessary portions of the
message I'm replying to, but this time I'm making an exception and
printing it in it's entirety.  That's for my fellow Americans who
might not have seen it the first time.

God bless you.

-Jim
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-Jim Lyons

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