Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
saintjeanbaptiste day french fête de la saintjeanbaptiste la saintjean fête nationale du québec also known english st john baptist day holiday celebrated june canadian province quebec brought canada french settler celebrating traditional feast day nativity saint john baptist declared public holiday quebec publicly financed event organized provincewide comité organisateur de la fête nationale du québec feast day saint john baptist midsummer popular event ancien régime france still celebrated religious feast day several country including denmark norway sweden finland estonia spain latvia ireland lithuania tradition landed canada first french colonist first mention celebration saintjeanbaptiste north america date back settler en route future acadia rested coast newfoundland june second mention celebration according jesuit relation occurred bank saint lawrence river evening june bonfire five cannon shot lower canada celebration nativity st john baptist took patriotic tone initiative one founder newspaper la minerve ludger duvernay would later become first president saintjeanbaptiste society spring duvernay patriotes attended celebration first st patrick day celebration irish diaspora montreal would give others idea organizing something similar canadiens friend june georgeétienne cartier ô canada mon pay me amour first sung grand patriotic banquet gathering sixty francophones anglophones montreal garden lawyer john mcdonnell near old windsor station canada song refers lower canada today southern quebec round toast went parti patriote united state ireland ninetytwo resolution two day later la minerve concluded holiday whose goal solidify union canadiens go without bearing fruit celebrated annually national holiday miss producing happiest result celebration recurred following defeat insurrectional movement lower canada rebellion military repression followed day celebrated several year duvernay established charitable association saintjean baptiste order saintjeanbaptiste celebrated year association chartered mission promoting social moral progress see saintjeanbaptiste society celebration supported catholic church primarily religious around time lighting bonfire traditional custom nativity saint john ultimately reached back prechristian midsummer celebration still lit night addition first saintjeanbaptiste parade organized became important tradition time procession allegorical float introduced june saintjeanbaptiste society organized gathering francophone community across north america event first national congress french canadian congrès national de canadiens français occasion citizen quebec city first one hear ô canada calixa lavallée based poem quebec superior court judge adolphebasile routhier song commissioned saintjeanbaptiste society well received become widely known song many year english word later written royal tour canada became official national anthem canada pope pius x designated st john baptist patron saint french canadian procession held year ludger duvernays banquet montreal june became provincially legal holiday quebec quebec june saintjeanbaptiste day provincial holiday officially paid statutory public holiday covered act respecting labour standard order council lieutenant governor hugues lapointe advice premier rené lévesque declared june provincial holiday quebec following year national holiday organizing committee french comité organisateur de la fête nationale created committee initially entrusted organization event société de festival populaires du québec occasion th anniversary ssjb organization celebration entrusted sovereigntist mouvement national de québécoises et de québécois mnq making statutory holiday day became holiday quebecers rather frenchcanadian catholic origin celebration gradually secularized primarily due action taken mnq june became known many festivity take place night holiday proper religious significance civic celebration gone day remains popularly called la stjeanbaptiste simply la stjean notably business still observed church francoontarian new democratic mp claude gravelle introduced private member bill house common recognize saintjeanbaptiste day federal holiday canada immediately quiet revolution saintjeanbaptiste day became highly politicized religious symbolism associated celebration replaced political ideal quebec separatism governor general george vanier viceroy always fostered unity biculturalism found target quebec sovereigntists montreal saintjeanbaptiste day wherein group sovereigntists held placard reading vanier vendu vanier sellout vanier fou de la reine vanier jester queen four year later new prime minister pierre trudeau attendance eve general election riot broke saintjeanbaptiste day group agitator threw bottle prime minister effort make feel unwelcome ceremony trudeau filmed refusing take cover leave grandstand saying québécois would intimidated drunken mob scene broadcast télévision de radiocanadas cbc evening news many saw open act courage prime minister defiance impressed electorate contributed liberal party winning significant majority next day frenchlanguage network srcs televised coverage montreal parade filmmaker bernard gosselin pierre perrault asked withdraw airwave nationalist sarcastic comment one point suggested creation ministry boastfulness high commissioner kvetching riot saintjeanbaptiste icon destroyed led interruption parade take place next year june quebec band lake stew bloodshot bill whose member bilingual anglophone quebecers added program local celebration montreal called lautre stjean stjean became known would performing song english several complaint later musician barred celebration société saintjeanbaptiste president mario beaulieu defended decision cancel musician performance stating official language province quebec french however public outrage anglophone francophone community two band returned program clarified band free sing song english well french government regulation however stjean program must conducted french even internationally nationally famous anglophone artist martha wainwright patrick watson festival attempted inclusive group sung creole celebration samian world first aboriginal algonquin language rapper sang montreal celebration montreal metro attempt symbolize inclusive nature celebration motto display information screen station onboard train saintjeanbaptiste day bonne saintjeanbaptiste à tous et à toutes avec surtout ce sentiment de se sentir membre à part entière de cette communauté québécoise diverse et fière english happy saintjeanbaptiste one especially feeling integral part diverse proud quebec community controversy fête nationale parade float featuring white performer performing popular québécois anthem pushed several black youth dressed beige spectator interpreted sight racist symbolic slavery english suzanne thomas saintjeanbaptiste celebration canadian encyclopedia gouvernement du québec national holiday act canlii federation law society canada updated may gouvernement du québec national holiday archived june wayback machine site commission de normes du travail june le moine james macpherson origin festival saintjeanbaptiste québec morning chronicle office online french joly diane le procession de la saintjeanbaptiste à montréal encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de lamérique française july rdaq la saintjeanbaptiste site réseau de service darchives du québec prémont donald juin – le premier banquet de la saintjeanbaptiste le patriotes de march nadeau claude histoire de la fête nationale de québécois la saintjean baptiste archived april wayback machine claudenadeaunet personal web site bizier hélèneandrée paulette claude fleur de lys dhier à aujourdhui montréal édition art global p isbn rumilly robert histoire de la société saintjeanbaptiste de montréal de patriotes au fleurdelysé – montréal éditions de laurore p isbn vaugeois denis la saintjean fête de la fierté force xliii nd quarter ssjbm procession de la 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