Cigrand, now known as the Father of Flag Day, continued to publicly advocate the observance of June 14 as the flag's birthday, or "Flag Day," for years. Just a few years later, the efforts of ...
He claimed gold in the men’s 1000m and 1500m and bronze in the men’s 500m, winning a medal in each of his races. Boucher had been Canada’s flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony. He was the first ...
Chosen as Canada’s Opening Ceremony flag bearer, Baumann won his first Olympic gold medal in the 400m individual medley in world record time. Post-race, he was in the middle of his third beer in ...