A Visit with Sir. John

This past weekend, my parents and my brother came to help my wife and I celebrate Victoria Day.  (For my American readers, this is the time of year where Canada rejoices and proclaims with great pride that we are apart of an Empire).  On Saturday we went to the home of Sir. John A. Macdonald (first Prime Minister of Canada).  He served as Canadian Prime Minister and as head of the Tories for 19 years.  He was elected as the Member of Parliament here in the City of Kingston.  His house is quite a mansion, comprising of seven floors and seven bathrooms.  One interesting tibit, that I learned this weekend was that in the 1860’s it was considered a display of imodesty for a gentleman to answer the doorbell without whereing his suit coat.  It was very exciting to see where the mastermind of Confederation, hung his hat for the night.  There was one minor flaw in his estate.  The grass was over a foot tall.  They say, that no lawn mowers are aloud on the estate and that the grass is cut with knives.

 

The Grave marker of the “Grand Old Man”

Sir John A. Macdonald’s grave marker.  He requested that just a simple cross mark his final resting place.  Just a cross, to represent his new found devotion to Jesus Christ.

Me, with Sir. John A. Macdonald

 Sir John A. Macdonald was Canada’s first prime minister.  He is buried in Kingston.  Shortly before his death he was saved at a Free Methodist campmeeting!  Just weeks before his death, the crowds shouted “You’ll never die John A!”

The One-Hundred Dollar Man: Sir Robert Borden

The First Frenchman: Sir Wilfred Laurier

The Guy on the Five

The Defeated Conservative: Sir. Charles Tupper

The Old Warrior: Sir. Mackenzie Bowell

Died at the feet of Queen Victoria: Sir. John S. Thompson

The First Canadian: Sir. John J.C. Abbott

The Stonemason from Sarnia: Sir. Alexander Mackenzie