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The world's most famous neon-lit intersection — Times Square — will flash day-early happy birthday wishes to Canada on Tuesday as interchanging English and French messages mark the 1867 launch of Confederation.

The world's most famous neon-lit intersection — Times Square — will flash day-early happy birthday wishes to Canada on Tuesday as interchanging English and French messages mark the 1867 launch of Confederation.

 The American’s will learn on Tuesday, that the country Canada in the Great White North, has an independence day too, and it’s celebrated three days before the USA day.

Happy Birthday wishes to Canada, will flash a day early on the worlds most famous neon lit intersetion Time Square,as interchanging english, and french messages mark the 1867 launch of confederation.

Image’s of the great red Maple Leaf the Canadian Flag, will beam over the heart of Manhattan for 10 minutes from 1:50 p.m.

This will make many American’s that are not always aware of much about the Great White North, that Canada and the USA do have this one thing in common, There Independence Day.

 The international newswire service Reuters agreed to host the birthday greeting on the massive light boards of their Times Square North American headquarters building.

Insiders say the Foreign Affairs Department requested the gesture, which is being done at no cost.

It comes the same day Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon arrives in New York to address the United Nations Security Council on Afghanistan, and to hold a press conference in the Reuters building to highlight Canada’s concerns over Buy American clauses in U.S. economic stimulus legislation.

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