Wellington, Ontario
A British visitor to this village might be disoriented by the flags. They look almost exactly like the Union Jack, but not quite. These banners omit the Cross of St Patrick, which was bundled into the flag of the United Kingdom only in 1801: this is the earlier version, carried north to Canada by the losers of the American revolution.
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David Frum is a senior editor at the Atlantic, and a former speechwriter for George W. Bush.
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