Quebec’s National Holiday Celebrations Bring Nationwide Pride
Tens of thousands fill Montreal’s Olympic Stadium and Old Montreal for La Fete nationale as Rene Levesque proclaims June 24 a national holiday. Charlebois headlines a star packed show, while crowds dance, sing, and fire off 2:00 AM fireworks across Quebec.
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Southam
Montreal
Olympic Stadium
Quebec
Brant
St. Jean Baptiste Day
Parti Quebecois
St. Jean
St. Jean Baptiste
Quebec City
Rene Levesque
Plains of Abraham
Jean Drapeau
Levesque
Robert Charlebois
Charlebois
Olympic Park
Diane Dufresne
Andre Gagnon
Robert Savoie
Colette Bokey
Order In Council
Ottawa
Jeanne
Quebec festival ends with fireworks and street revelry
Chanteuse Monique Leyrac joined a starry show as Robert Charlebois energized the crowd with a frog duet. Fireworks at 1 a.m. EDT capped a long night along St Denis as four sites hosted decentralized celebrations marking Quebec’s national holiday under a banner of fraternal warmth and reduced tensions since the 1960s.
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Claude Leveille
Diane Dufresne
Pierre Duval
Robert Charlebois
St. Denis Street
Canada
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
Trudeau
Mt. Royal Park
Trader Settled Chicago First In 1779
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, born 1750 died 1818, a Black pioneer trader, established the first settlement at Chicago in 1779.
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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
Chicago
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Crescent Street
Chicoutimi
Sherbrooke
Noranda
Gaspe
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