Reversed boots in the stirrups are only one of the tributes Canada paid Governor-General George Vanier during his state funeral yesterday. This honore(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Reversed boots in the stirrups are only one of the tributes Canada paid Governor-General George Vanier during his state funeral yesterday. This honored him as a great soldier. He was also an outstanding statesman and national figure. As Governor-General he gave to this country a sense of earned dignity, of grace without pomp.