I’ll leave it up to Wikipedia to give you the lowdown on who Louis Riel was, and why my province of Manitoba named a holiday after him. You ‘Mericans are celebrating President’s Day with a show of patriotism, I’m sure, and peeps from Alberta to Ontario have the bland Family Day partially off.
But here in the 204 (updated Feb. 2011: the 204 shirts were awesome, but I can’t find them anymore), we’ve got a holiday named after an executed traitor. Yesss!
I love treason, sure, but this is one holiday I love for the T-shirts:
“Keepin’ It Riel” from here. (Updated link Feb. 2011: here)
“Hang in there” from here. (Update Feb. 2011: apparently shirts featuring Riel and a noose are human rights offenses against the Métis.)
Vote in the comments for your favourite!
Grant Hamilton
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