anthem Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:55:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg anthem Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 “In All Of Us Command” https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/02/05/in-all-of-us-command/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/02/05/in-all-of-us-command/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2018 05:00:06 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16693 Some of the words to Canada's national anthem have been changed. In O Canada, the line, "in all thy sons command" has been changed to "in all of us command." Last week, Canada passed Bill C-210. That bill changes "the National Anthem Act to substitute the words “of us” for the words “thy sons” in the English version of the national anthem, thus making it gender neutral." Once the bill is approved by the Governor General, it will be come a law.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/02/05/in-all-of-us-command/feed/ 2 Canadian Fans Sing US Anthem At Hockey Game https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/11/27/6-canadian-fans-sing-us-anthem-hockey-game/ Fri, 28 Nov 2014 01:02:03 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=14242 Most countries have an “anthem.”

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]]> This Famous Maple Tree Will Live… Forever https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/03/18/3-maple-tree-will-live-forever/ Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:00:31 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=12607 In 1867 when Canada was created, a towering Silver Maple tree standing in front of Alexander Muir’s house in Toronto gave him an idea.

He would write a poem and a song about the majestic tree, so common in Canada and so symbolic, to celebrate Canada's confederation.

His song was called The Maple Leaf Forever and it has been the unofficial Canadian anthem to this day.

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]]> Some Prominent Canadians Vying For Changes To “O Canada!” Lyrics https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/10/03/1-people-think-o-canada-lyrics-updated/ Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:47:36 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=11124 When you sing your country’s national anthem, you may think the words never change.

But for O Canada!, Canada’s national anthem, they have been translated and changed and changed again.

Now, some people are saying O Canada! should be changed yet again, to be more inclusive.

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and other prominent Canadians, including former Prime Minister Kim Campbell, want the line "True patriot love in all thy sons command" to be gender-neutral.

They say the word "sons" excludes women and the line should be changed to "in all of us command."

O Canada! was first written in 1880, in French. The words were from a French Canadian poem.

O Canada! was translated into English in the early 1900s. The English words were changed in 1908, to a less exact translation of the French words.

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