These dates encompassed Canada Day (July 1) and Independence Day (July 4). The festival also marked the nearly 200 year state of official peace between the two neighbors since the end of the War of 1812.
Canada Day (July 1) and Independence Day (July 4) were included in these dates. The festival underscored the approximately two-hundred-year span of official peace between the neighboring countries, dating back to the end of the War of 1812.