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The Canadian Flag: Where Does the Maple Leaf Design Come From?
The Canadian Flag: Where Does the Maple Leaf Design Come From?
Over five decades ago, the soon to be 95-year-old John Ross Matheson designed the Canadian flag, but how did he come up with the Maple Leaf design? According to reports, Lester Pearson challenged Matheson back in 1961 to design a flag that Canada could call its own. Matheson was the obvious choice for such an important undertaking because he was well schooled in heraldry and had made a name for hi