<P> The word "Loyalist" appears frequently in school, street, and business names in such Loyalist - settled communities as Belleville, Ontario . The nearby city of Kingston, established as a Loyalist stronghold, was named in honour of King George III . And on the outskirts of that city is a township named simply "Loyalist". </P> <P> On 1 July 1934, Canada Post issued "United Empire Loyalists, 1776--1784" designed by Robert Bruce McCracken based on a sculpture "United Empire Loyalists" by Sydney March . The 10 ¢ stamps are perforated 11 and were printed by British American Bank Note Company . </P> <P> In 1996, Canadian politicians Peter Milliken (a descendant of American Loyalists) and John Godfrey sponsored the Godfrey - Milliken Bill, which would have entitled Loyalist descendants to reclaim ancestral property in the United States which had been confiscated during the American Revolution . The bill, which did not pass the House of Commons, was intended primarily as a satirical response to the contemporaneous American Helms - Burton Act . </P> <P> In 1997, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed a bill declaring 19 June, "United Empire Loyalist Day" in the province of Ontario . United Empire Loyalist Day is also celebrated on the same day in Saskatchewan, on 18 May in New Brunswick and 22 July in British Columbia . </P>

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