PENNANT

Description: SHIELD SHAPED NYLON PENNANT WITH WHITE NYLON CORD ACROSS TOP. PENNANT IS PURPLE WITH GREEN EMBLEM IN MIDDLE WITH YELLOW CROSS AND FIVE WHITE STARS. ACROSS TOP IN GREEN IS "DIOCESE DO BRASIL CENTRAL". ACROSS BOTTOM IS "LANCAMENTO DA PEDRA FUNDAMENTAL DO TEMPLO DA IGRJA EPISCOPAL BRASILEIRA" AND THE DATE "21-5-1961". TIP OF PENNANT IS CREASED.

History: COMMEMORATIVE PENNANT WAS BROUGHT BACK FROM BRAZIL BY DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AS A SPEAKER IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.