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"The Maple Leaf Forever" is a Canadian patriotic song written by Alexander Muir (1830–1906) in 1867, the year of Canada's Confederation. [1] He wrote the work after serving with the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto in the Battle of Ridgeway against the Fenians in 1866.
Maple Leaf Forever Park is in the rear of Maple Cottage at 62 Laing Street, near Leslie Street and Queen Street East in Toronto. Schools which have been named after him are: Alexander Muir/Gladstone Ave Junior and Senior Public School, 108 Gladstone Ave., Toronto [8] Alexmuir Junior Public School, 95 Alexmuir Blvd., Scarborough [9]
Inside the park, there is a stone retaining wall that is also a monument dedicated to Muir inscribed with the refrain of The Maple Leaf Forever. [2] The Gardens contain stone balconies and steps, crushed brick pathways and sunken gardens enclosed by maple, willow and oak trees. [6] The park is popular for wedding photography. [6]
The Maple Leaf Forever Guitars are two guitars, one acoustic and one electric, made from the tree that inspired Alexander Muir to write "The Maple Leaf Forever".The guitars are kept in a trust and are loaned to a different musician each year.
ROSE AND MAPLE LEAF ENTWINE FOREVER is a celebration of Mr. Watt’s marriage, a reference to the sinister crest, and an adaption from the famous patriotic song by Alexander Muir, “The Maple Leaf Forever”, referring to his love of Canadian history and his maternal descent from French Huguenot Loyalists who left New York in exile on HMS Hope ...
Maple Leaf Forever Park is a municipal park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The park is named after the song "The Maple Leaf Forever" composed by Alexander Muir.The park was created in 1933 by public subscription to honour the composer, [1] and is located in Leslieville south of Queen Street East between Leslie Street and Greenwood Avenue.
By the early 1700s, the maple leaf had been adopted as an emblem by the French Canadians along the Saint Lawrence River. [2]Its popularity with French Canadians continued and was reinforced when, at the inaugural meeting of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society in 1834, [3] the maple leaf was one of numerous emblems proposed to represent the society.
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