Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on this day in 1874 on Prince Edward Island. Montgomery is best known the author of the beloved novel Anne of Green Gables. Montomgery wrote 20 novels, hundreds of poems and more. Perhaps her greatest honour came when Anne of Green Gables won the inaugural tournament of Young Adult Lit March Madness at LTSS in 2022.
I have a very vivid memory of watching this game on television when I was a young boy. Guy Lafleur was the superstar of the NHL at the time, and once again he scored an enormous goal in the playoffs. Danny Gallivan, the master, was doing the play-by-play. It was bedlam in the Montreal Forum, the Mecca of hockey. I’m sure that millions of Canadians were watching that night and that many can remember it still.
Guy Lafleur, one of the legends of the game of hockey, died today at age 70.
Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on this day in 1874 on Prince Edward Island. Montgomery is the author of Anne of Green Gables and many more beloved Canadian novels.
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