On this day in Our Islands History

In 1948, by the decree of the provincial government, which proclaimed that the flag known under the name as the fleur-de-lise, would be accepted as the official emblem of Quebec. The adoption of the blue flag, a white cross and the four lily flowers, was the result of a long opinionated public campaign.


- From the chronicle's of historian Father Frédéric Landry
Événements Historiques Agenda (Septembre 1993 à Septembre 1994)

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