STORIES TAGGED: WWI

• Category: Other

  The tribute to the Unknown Soldier

  There aren't any words to describe the impact that day had on my life.

• Category: Travel

  Experiencing true appreciation for Canadians in the Netherlands and France

  I thought that my proudest moments were watching two of our athletes win gold

• Category: Friends & Family

  Standing at the Vimy Memorial, reading my dad’s diaries

  I was able, four years ago, to go to Vimy and stand almost where he had been

• Category: Culture

  Visiting Vimy Ridge with my family

  Vimy’s uniqueness is not about the monument; it is a place that draws hearts and minds

• Category: Travel

  Standing on the hallowed ground of Vimy Ridge

  It felt so damn good to be a Canadian standing on that extraordinarily lonely piece of ground

• Category: Other

  When I visited Vimy Ridge

  It must be statutory to keep that part of France Canadian for our children

• Category: Travel

  Standing on the Vimy Ridge monument

  Standing there before the monument, about which I had known since I was a child, was nerve tingling

• Category: Travel

  Visiting the Vimy Ridge Monument in person

  No picture could truly prepare us for the grandeur of Vimy

• Category: Culture

  Seeing the Vimy Ridge Memorial

  It took traveling to a country that is half-way across the world to realize just how lucky we are to be Canadian

• Category: Travel

  Visiting the Vimy Memorial

  Before that victory, they defined themselves by country of origin; afterwards, as Canadian