[3] On November 6, 1964 – a Friday – Pearson requested that prototypes of the three flag designs under consideration be delivered to 24 Sussex Drive so that he could see them displayed at his summer residence at Harrington Lake that weekend.
[4][6] The request came to Ken Donovan, O'Malley's father, who was the assistant purchasing director with the Canadian Government Exhibition Commission.
She packed up her Singer sewing machine and drove to the Exhibition Commission office shortly after 7:00 pm.
[8] O’Malley was initially told to keep her role in creating the Canadian flag secret and she did not speak of her experience for 10 years.
[2][3] O'Malley continued to work for the federal government and eventually took a job with the Ontario Attorney General's office in Ottawa.