Vimy Ridge Day in Canada (1 Viewer)

[athenaaa]

“Viny Ridge Day is a day to commemorate the deaths and casualties of members of the Canadian Corpsin the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place during the First World War. The non-statutory observance has been designated to occur annually on 9 April since 2003. In 2003, the Government of Canada declared 9 April to be "Vimy Ridge Day", to honour and remember the Battle of Vimy Ridge which took place during the First World War at Vimy Ridge, France”

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Vimy Ridge Day - Wikipedia

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[Ahsoka]

I’m a little surprised it wasn’t observed sooner, it took almost a century. Though maybe they had a smaller version of it before?

 

[athenaaa]

@Ahsoka I remember learning about it in school but honestly didn’t know the day existed until recently

 

[dark_tranquility]

interesting