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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2010-4-9 18:42 编辑
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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.
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* B, T; v9 l7 I3 m( ZIn 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.3 j7 T9 n. k# p# k- ]: t1 W
U( x- ^' g# A* ]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.' w$ W5 H3 g, d& e: w; t6 }1 O
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+ V" t$ j5 s. T; f/ e; v+ DToday, 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./ m+ x/ V" z6 G4 f- W; K5 z
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