Forrest Pass

Quite apart from the (horrifying) content of this story, what the Hell is this flag flying alongside the Stars and Stripes and the POW flag? #vexillology

Not really "new", though: they are finally implementing the design granted to the City by the Chief Herald of Canada in (checks notes) 2008: www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/...

#vexillology #heraldry #cdnhist #bchist

North Grenville Historical Society: An Arm & A Leg. Forrest Pass tells the story of a Kemptville furniture maker who rose to become an inventor and manufacturer of artificial limbs after the US Civil War. March 11, 2026, 7pm, 148 Prescott Street, Kemptville, Ontario.

This Wed, March 11, I'll be giving a talk to the North Grenville Historical Socty about John Condell, a cabinet maker who patented Canada's first artificial leg in 1855 and later made limbs for US Civil War amputees. If you're in Kemptville, ON, or environs, it'd be great to see you! #cdnhist

North Grenville Historical Society: An Arm & A Leg. Forrest Pass tells the story of a Kemptville furniture maker who rose to become an inventor and manufacturer of artificial limbs after the US Civil War. March 11, 2026, 7pm, 148 Prescott Street, Kemptville, Ontario.

This Wed, March 11, I'll be giving a talk to the North Grenville Historical Socty about John Condell, a cabinet maker who patented Canada's first artificial leg in 1855 and later made limbs for US Civil War amputees. If you're in Kemptville, ON, or environs, it'd be great to see you! #cdnhist

And even more #iwd #vexillology (a plug for the work of Annie Platoff, one of the greats!)

Especially love this for the discussion of Friendly Society banners (combining two of my arcane interests, #vexillology and #fraternalism - or sororialism?)

He's sweet as custard
'Cuz he always cuts the mustard:
Steve cuts the mustard every time!

(At Steve Marshall Ford in Nanaimo)

Steve cuts the mustard every time!

#bchist (after a fashion)

Charlie Chan - Wikipedia

Ha! In fairness, we did go to the philatelic counter at the General Post Office in George Town for my stamp-collecting ten-year-old 😉 (I can't take credit for the postman line - borrowed from the detective Charlie Chan! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie...)

Admittedly, security is a bit tighter at Rideau Hall (and the residence shielded a bit more from public view!)

Meanwhile, a curator on vacation asks his traveling companion to pull over to snap this sign! #glams #archives

A postman on vacation takes a long walk, and a vexillologist on vacation snaps photos of flags he doesn't see at home." Like the flag of the Governor of the Cayman Islands. Just as Rideau Hall in Ottawa has a public skating rink, Govt House in George Town has a public beach! #vexillology

Honour, not honor: Western University changes 'un-Canadian' diploma spelling Western University, a Canadian institution that’s used the American spelling of a word commonly found on its diplomas and other materials for 141 years, has finally…

Tho' it took @westernu.ca a while to hono(u)r Canadian spelling...

lfpress.com/news/local-n...

In the minds of voters, he was as good as con-Vic-ted...

A fine example of snatching Vic-tory from the jaws of defeat...

We've been ordered to reduce lickings by 15%...

Hot tip: if you're looking for Antifa in the federal public service, look no further than DND's Directorate of Public Information, producers of this disgracefully unbalanced Antifa poster. Thank your for your attention to this matter!

#cdnhist #cdnpoli

Rooting out Antifa in the Canadian Forces, you say? Good luck with that: there's something of an Antifa tradition there... #cdnpoli #cdnhist

Photo: Soldiers of the Lake Superior Regiment with captured Hitler Youth flag, Friesoythe, Germany, 1945. @library-archives.canada.ca PA-167250.

Hilary Knight calls President Trump’s White House invite a ‘distasteful joke’ | CNN The captain of the United States women’s hockey team, Hilary Knight, described President Trump’s invitation to the White House as a “distasteful joke” on Wednesday.

Modest proposal for @mark-carney.bsky.social:

1. Invite the US women's hockey team to Ottawa

2. Dinner at Rideau Hall (much better than warmed-over White House burgers)

3. Make them hon. citizens

4. Declare the "South Canada" won gold.

www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/s...

I had EXACTLY the same thought!

Quite the entry sign, @benbradleyca.bsky.social and @jmcelroy.bsky.social!

#bchist

#ftrw26

Upper Hoist
Lower Hoist
Upper Fly
Lower Fly

#vexillology

I used to live a few blocks from that "hotel" - if those walls could talk...😬

Denied Entry By Forrest Pass Canadians have a reputation for being quiet and unassuming. As we mark Freedom to Read Week, it is worth noting that even censors have demonstrated these national traits, working qu…

The Dept of National Revenue seldom revealed why it had chosen to ban a book or magazine. They also interpreted "sedition" to include "atheism" and "obscenity" to include "birth control." More in my 2021 post on the @library-archives.canada.ca blog! thediscoverblog.com/2021/02/25/d...

Since 1914 no single list has been published but the Canadian Consul’s Office in New York City has instructions as to prohibition of the following : Wecelya Druh (“Jolly Friend”) -Ukrainian publication, New York. Chouquette en Vacances - illustrated magazine, Paris. Zhalo- Ukrainian newspaper, New York. Beau-monthly, New York. The New Masses-monthly, New York. Laughter- illustrated monthly, Philadelphia. Studies in Rationalism-by E. Haldeman-Julius, Girard, Kansas. Dawn-illustrated magazine, published by All Arts Group Inc., Wilmington, Del. Calgary Eye Opener- illustrated magazine, published monthly, Minneapolis. (Ban lifted Feb. 14, 1927.) Two Worlds Monthly- New York. Sex-illustrated monthly, New York. Art Classics Magazine- monthly, Wilmington, Del. Smik y Praz’da (“Humor and Truth”) -Ukrainian publication, New York. American Beauties-monthly, Philadelphia. Arts, Fads, Modes Magazine- Wilmington, Del. Art Studio Life Magazine- monthly, Wilmington, Del. The Tyranny of God- by Joseph Lewis. The Truth Seeker-weekly, New York. Convent Cruelties-by Helen Jackson. The Bible Unmasked-by Joseph Lewis. Art Lovers’ Magazine-illustrated monthly, New York. Film Fun — illustrated monthly, New York. The Rail Splitter- monthly. The Daily Mirror- illustrated newspaper, New York. (Ban lifted August 16, 1926.) Liberty- weekly, New York. (Ban lifted March 29, 1928.) My Life- by Frank Harris. L’Humeur-weekly, Paris. Parisiana-weekly, Paris.

300 To the Pure . . Le Merle Blanc- weekly, Paris. Gens qui Rient- weekly, Paris. Art and Beauty- monthly, New York. Paris Nights- monthly, Philadelphia. Arts Monthly Pictorial-Los Angeles. Artists and Models Magazine-New York. Ziffs-monthly, Maywood, 111. La Revue Parisienne-Chicago. Breezy Stories-monthly, New York. Circular issued by the Allied Book Co., New York, advertising the Chapter Headings and Contents of two books entitled The Sexual Question by August Forel, and Psychopathia Sexualis, by Krafft-Ebing. The International of Youth- Sweden. French Frolics- monthly, Newark, N. J. The Black Sheep-Illustrated. monthly, Chicago. T.N.T.-monthly, Los Angeles. The Live Wire- monthly, Chicago. Red Pepper-monthly, Newark, N. J. Peretz- periodical, New York. I Confess-semi-monthly, New York. Le Sourire-illustrated weekly, Paris. Droll Stories- monthly, New York. Young’s Magazine- monthly, New York. Telling Tales-semi-monthly, New York. Contraception- by Marie Carmichael Stopes, London. The Black Prophet- by Guy Litch Phelps, Cincinnati. Home Brew-monthly, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ulysses- by James Joyce, published for the Egoist Press, London, by John Rodker, Paris, 1922. Gloom, the Devil’s Book- monthly, Los Angeles. The Flapper-monthly, Chicago. Midnight-weekly, New York. True Confessions- Minneapolis. Hot Dog-weekly, Cleveland. The Sinn Feiner- New York. (Issue of Saturday, Oct. 30, 1920.) The Police Gazette- weekly, New York.

Appendix 301 Bovha- monthly, published in Russian by Anarchist Federated Commune Soviets of America. Gosudarstro I Revolyutzia (“State and Revolution” )booklet by N. Lenin, New York. Pilsni Rabotchykh (“Songs of the Workers”) -booklet, author and place of publication unknown. Molot-Ukrainian semi-monthly newspaper, New York. L'endehors- semi-monthly newspaper, Orleans, France. Follies-illustrated magazine, New York. True Romances- monthly, New York. Whiz Bang-Robbinsdale, Minn. Radiant Motherhood- by Dr. Marie Stopes. Married Love-by Dr. Marie Stopes. Wise Parenthood-by Dr. Marie Stopes. Real Life Stories-monthly, Cooperstown, N. Y. (Ban lifted Jan. 1, 1928.) Experience- monthly, Chicago. The Sunday Star- weekly newspaper, Detroit, Mich. Simplicissimus-illustrated magazine, Munich, Germany. Secrets-monthly, Cleveland. Woman and the New Race- by Margaret Sanger. Snappy Stories-semi -monthly, New York. Hollywood Confessions- monthly, Los Angeles. Naye Welt (“The New World”) -weekly Yiddish newspaper, New York. Allgemeiner Biicher-Katalog-New York. Glos Robotnicezy (“The Voice of the Workers” )-daily Polish newspaper, Detroit, Mich. Molot (“The Hammer”) -semi-monthly Ukrainian newspaper, New York. Indystriyalish-monthly, Ukrainian, New York. Bielgi Terror (“The White Terror”)-Russian booklet, Chicago. Die Arbeitslosigkeit (“Unemployment”) -booklet by Dr. M. Goldfarb, New York. Der Sozializmus, Seine Ursachen, Ziehlen und Wegen("Socialism, Its Causes, Objects, and Paths”) -booklet, Chicago.

302 To the Pure . . . Der Klassenkampf (“The Class Struggle”) -booklet, Philadelphia. Golos Truzhenika-weekly newspaper, Chicago. Uroky Revolyoutzi (“Lessons of the Revolution”) -by N. Lenin, New York. Branda- weekly newspaper, Stockholm, Sweden. Soviet Russia-weekly, New York. Valon Tiella (“The Lighted Road”) -printed in Finnish, Fitchburg, Mass. The Proletarian Revolution in Russia- by N. Lenin and Trotsky. Kuryfo Polski-Polish newspaper, Milwaukee, Wis. Khlieb I Volia (“Bread and Freedom”) -weekly newspaper, New York.

It's Freedom to Read Week - did you know that for over 100yrs, Canada's main censors were customs officers, empowered to ban "obscene" or "seditious" books and magazines? Can you guess which books on this banned list (1914-1928) met each criterion? More info in 🧵

#cdnhist #booksky #bookhistory

For those keeping track, the last time Chicoutimi voted for a "federalist" party was 1931... #qchist #cdnpoli

Found a bit of Vancouver history in an Ottawa thrift store this weekend. Internet sleuthing tells me that New Chungking Chop Suey at Pender and Main burned in 1963. It was well known for serving "cold tea" after the bars closed. Ad from Chinese Times, Sept 21, 1963. #bchist #cdnhist #foodhistory

Found a bit of Vancouver history in an Ottawa thrift store this weekend. Internet sleuthing tells me that New Chungking Chop Suey at Pender and Main burned in 1963. It was well known for serving "cold tea" after the bars closed. Ad from Chinese Times, Sept 21, 1963. #bchist #cdnhist #foodhistory

I'll report back when I've tried it in an Old Fashioned (with lemongrass bitters from Perth to keep it a 613 affair!)

It's called Stratford Fox Run, which is confusing because the distillery is in Kanata!