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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TallCakes, post: 10412, member: 107&quot;]&quot;On June 24, 1880, the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society organized the gathering of all francophone communities across North America. The event was the first National Congress of French Canadians (<i>Congrès national des Canadiens français</i>). On this occasion, the citizens of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City" rel="nofollow"><u>Quebec City</u></a> were the first ones to hear the &quot;<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Canada" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Canada" rel="nofollow"><u>Ô Canada</u></a></i>&quot; of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calixa_Lavall%C3%A9e" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calixa_Lavall%C3%A9e" rel="nofollow"><u>Calixa Lavallée</u></a>, based on a poem by a Quebec Superior Court judge, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe-Basile_Routhier" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe-Basile_Routhier" rel="nofollow"><u>Adolphe-Basile Routhier</u></a>. The song was commissioned by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society. It was well received but did not become a widely known song for many years. English words were later written for a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Canada" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Canada" rel="nofollow"><u>royal tour</u></a> in 1901. In 1980, &quot;O Canada&quot; became the official national anthem of Canada.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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