Bobby, The leaf  on the Canadian flag isn't oak, it's maple!

"Bobby G. Greer" wrote:

> Last Christmas I picked up an autobiography of Geronimo. It was most
> fascinating and I learned a lot. To many of us got our Old West history  from
> Saturday afternoon Westerns in the '50's. By the way, do any of you know the
> singificance of the red oak leaf on the Canadian flag(Yvonne, you may have to
> set me straight here). I was told
> it was because in the War of 1812, we invaded Canada and it was in the Fall.
> The "Red Coats" blended in with the leaves and it formed a natural
> camoflouge. Thus, the Red Oak leaf is somewhat anti-Yankee sentiment.
>
> Bobby