*Carolina Registry O Canada Collection

关于此套币: O Canada"is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Theodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean Baptiste Day ceremony. The lyrics were originally in French and translated into English in 1906. Robert Stanley Weir wrote in 1908 another English version, which is the official and most popular version, one that is not a literal translation of the French. Weir's lyrics have been revised twice, taking their present form in 1980, but the French lyrics remain unaltered. "O Canada" had served as a de facto national anthem since 1939, officially becoming Canada's national anthem in 1980 when the Act of Parliament making it so received Royal Assent and became effective on July 1 as part of that year's Dominion Day celebrations.

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