Today is Vimy Ridge Day

Xbfeng

The National Flag of Canada is flown at half-mast on the Peace Tower in Ottawa, from sunrise to sunset Friday, April 9, 2010, to mark the national day of remembrance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

# {1 ~# P% O* {* m1 H0 i* L& E9 C
7 W& T6 L- ~/ iVimy Ridge Day
Introduction
In 2003, the Government of Canada declared April 9 as "Vimy Ridge Day", to honour and remember the battle that took place at Vimy Ridge, France, in 1917, during the First World War.
- K7 U1 U" P0 w# b
. m, o4 S2 V3 N9 Q! d2 ]! x8 iOn April 9, 1917, the Canadians did what other allied forces had so far failed to do – they took Vimy Ridge. At Vimy, regiments from coast to coast saw action together in a distinctly Canadian triumph, helping create a new and stronger sense of Canadian identity. After Vimy, the Canadian corps never looked back, and its success raised our international stature and earned us a separate signature on the Treaty of Versailles that ended the war.
, s/ k# x4 D: p) ~8 r8 U

: k8 k1 |8 B. p! YToday, on land granted to Canada for all time by a grateful France, the Vimy Memorial rises above the now-quiet countryside. It stands as a tribute to all who served their country in battle and paid such a price to help ensure the peace and freedom we enjoy today.

) R0 R+ T+ S$ a+ H' W6 a