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Vimy Ridge Memorial sits on territory given to Canada by France as thanks for the defense of France. Vimy, France. | Vimy Ridge Memorial to Canadian troops who overran entrenched German defenders on April 9, 1917. Vimy, France. | Vimy Ridge Memorial (opened July 26, 1936) to honor over 60,000 Canadian troops killed in WWI. Vimy, France. | Figures representing peace, knowledge, justice & truth at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. |
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Spires of Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Symbolic statues atop Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Figures representing peace & knowledge at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Figures representing peace, honor & charity at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. |
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Figures representing justice, faith & hope at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Female & male mourner statues at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Female mourner statue at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Male mourner statue at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. |
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Torch bearer & sacrifice statues at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Mourning figure representing Canada at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Cloaked figure of Canada stands on heights of German -defended ridge mourning over Douai Plain from which Canadians attacked uphill at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Names of Canadian World War I dead carved on base of Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. |
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Names of Canadian World War I dead carved on base of Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Names of Canadian World War I dead carved on base of Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Dedication to 60,000 Canadian in the Great War at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Rings of poppies left at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. |
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Individual remembrances at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Canadian & French flags before Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Sculpted flagpole base with beavers at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Sculpted flagpole base with beaver at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. |
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Warning signs marking field of unexploded munitions over a century after the battle at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Tortured landscape formed by WWI explosions at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Crater remaining from WWI explosion at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | WWI trenches now cleared for public passage at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. |
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Bronze map showing battle lines at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Visitor Centre 1997 & museum at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Gas mask & warning rattle at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Personal items of Canadian Expeditionary Forces member at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. |
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WWI field telephone of Canadian Expeditionary Forces at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Gunner's quadrant, compass, altimeter & badge of Canadian Expeditionary Forces at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Brass box given by Princess Mary to members of British & Colonial troops with gifts (Christmas 1914) at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. | Medal with individual's name given to each family of British forces who died in WWI at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. |
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Medallion (1967) marking 50th anniversary of battle at Vimy Ridge Memorial. Vimy, France. |
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