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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2010-4-9 18:42 编辑 ! @; o; y( B- I. h+ G/ V
( l8 T: U$ N6 NThe 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.
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: ?" s* e4 } x7 b; o8 E; t9 }/ pIn 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.+ r! k! V9 t8 ]' [2 c' j1 Z2 T% M
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On 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.6 j7 U6 m* F) l4 n* ^" i) ]
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Today, 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.7 r* y3 q# r. [6 x. a
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