Today, sadly, is the 40th anniversary of the shooting death of the legendary John Lennon, a man of peace who had great connections to Canada.Upon his death Yoko called for a living memorial to her fallen husband that would be called Strawberry Fields and be located at Central Park, in New York City.Canada's Prime Minister at that time was Pierre Trudeau and he, of course, had famously met with John and Yoko in 1969.At Mr. Trudeau’s direction, Canada became one of the first governments in the world to support this now famous Central Park memorial. Canada’s PM arranged for silver maples from Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm to become part of Strawberry Fields.So, Canada's love for Mr. Lennon and the Beatles is permanently part of one of the world's most famous memorials.Imagine that.Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist.  He proudly served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity, under the leadership of Tom Axworthy.  A resident of  Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.caption id="attachment_526632" align="aligncenter" width="700" Strawberry Fields, a 2.5 acre area of Central Park that pays tribute to John Lennon, singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist./caption