The Exchange of Flags
It was wonderful to learn about Johan Chur Rasmussen this morning from Odense Denmark. He lives with his mother, father and 19 year old sister. Johan loves to fish and is an avid soccer player.
Interesting facts about Denmark...
Among the independent nations recognized by the UN, the Danish flag is generally considered as the oldest continuously used national flag in the world. Regions, counts, kings and the like have had flags or banners older than Dannebrog, but no sovereign nation has used the same flag as long as Denmark.
Hans Christian Anderson was born in Odense, Denamrk, on April 2, 1805. Anderson achieved worldwide fame for writing innovative and influential fairy tales. Many of his fairy tales including, "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Mermaid" and "The Princess and the Pea" remain classics of the genre.
The Lego Group Began in the carpentry workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, in Billund Denmark in 1916. Originally produced as wooden toys Lego began creating plastic interlocking blocks in 1947 following World War II, when they purchased a plastic injection molding machine.
Johan has already been to Lake Ontario which he reports is bigger than the country of Denmark. We look forward to continuing to learn about Johan and Denmark while he learns about Clarington and Canada. Following Johan's presentation this morning President Marie and Johan exchanged club flags.