The first signs of FLQ terrorist activity took place with the planting of bottle explosives at three local armories.
No harm was done on March 8, 1963 when the explosives were discovered, along with FLQ graffiti and propaganda describing the FLQ as "suicide commandos."
The early FLQ, which included Belgian Prof. Georges Schoeters, (who later totally disappeared) Raymond Villeneuve and Pierre Schneider, all of whom have been discussed at length on Coolopolis, took it to a higher gear on a series of mailbox bombings soon after.
The most serious damage was done on May 17 when Walter Leja was seriously injured trying to defuse a bomb at Landsdowne and Westmount Ave.
I propose that Victoria Day, which has already been renamed several times by the Quebec government, be officially, or unofficially, called Walter Leja Day in honour of the fight against terrorism in Quebec.