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The Vimy Ridge Monument

The Vimy Ridge Monument. Lest we forget. The Vimy Ridge Monument. The monument was commissioned in a contest in 1920 and this design was chosen. It took eleven years to build and was unveiled in 1936. tThe Vimy Ridge Monument.

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The Vimy Ridge Monument

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  1. The Vimy Ridge Monument Lest we forget...

  2. The Vimy Ridge Monument The monument was commissioned in a contest in 1920 and this design was chosen. It took eleven years to build and was unveiled in 1936.

  3. tTheVimy Ridge Monument The Monument consists of two Pilons: One for Canada and one for it’s fighting partner France. It also contains several statues and podium upon which is sits is engraved with the names of more than 10 000 men who were lost there.

  4. The Vimy Ridge Monument “Mother Canada” mourning for her dead.

  5. The Vimy Ridge Monument Canada’s Compassion for the Helpless

  6. The Vimy Ridge Monument The Breaking of the Swords

  7. The vimy ridge monument “Spirit of Sacrifice” “To you with failing hands we throw the torch...”

  8. The Vimy Ridge monument The Mourning Parents

  9. The Vimy Ridge monument A stone sarcophagus to represent the dead.

  10. The Vimy Ridge monument Cannons covered with laurels to symbolize peace.

  11. The vimy ridge monument The missing and the dead.

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