A man holds the Patriot flag during the Moulin a Paroles on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, September 12, 2009. The event was held to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the battle of the Plains of Abraham. Photograph by: Mathieu Belanger, REUTERSFrom The Montreal Gazette:
Readings mark 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
QUEBEC - Rowdy separatists cheered and chanted, “Nous vaincrons!” the FLQ battle cry, just after 12 a.m. Sunday when Montreal singer and actor Luck Mervil read the 1970 manifesto of the Front de Libération du Québec, the highlight of a 24-hour reading of texts drawn from Quebec’s history.
The event, on the Plains of Abraham, was meant to commemorate the 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham, 250 years ago Sunday, and the survival of French in North America, in spite of that conquest.
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My Comment: In The early hours of Sunday morning when most people are asleep.
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