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🔴 NEW VIDEO 🔴
108 years ago today, Canadian soldiers took a military objective at #VimyRidge — one that was said to be impossible. People say that moment was the birth of their nation. I think: They're wrong.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJkFHJkQoRk&list=PLn7Vq9LlLhI5AzRYzsAImCyESgEQ_4FB5
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It is quite a discordant echo, 1917 to 2025.
World War I 1914-1917: The British Empire (including Canada) and France defend in a horrible war of attrition against German Imperial forces.
April 6, 1917: Congress declares war on Germany after Americans are outraged when an intercepted communiqué between Germany and Mexico suggests Germany help Mexico retake American states lost decades earlier and Germany sinks American shipping.
April 9-12: Canada fights its first massive battle as a unified fighting force, 97,000 strong, at Vimy Ridge, and wins at supreme cost, 10,000 casualties.
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April 6 2025: After two months of increasingly authoritarian actions, wild tariff policy and threats to destroy or absorb the economies or nations of Panama, Greenland or Canada, President Trump’s advisors make it clear the world will face tariffs not seen in decades, the markets plunge in anticipation, world leaders scramble, and non citizens in the USA are targeted for detention and deportation.
April 9 2025 - The United States launches a trade war. Ending the era of multilateralism, trade and cooperation that Woodrow Wilson started when he brought the USA into World War I and FDR continued in World War II.
The USA Giveth and Taketh Away.
#tradewar #TrumpTariffs #WWI #VimyRidge #Canada #TheAmericanFascist
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Good Morning #Canada
I hope everyone takes a minute at 11AM EST to reflect on our veterans and their service to our country. An important annual ceremony will take place at the #VimyRidge Memorial, where the monument has the names of 11,285 missing Canadian soldiers from #WWI carved in the stone. Today, we can look back at why Vimy Ridge was important and why the site was granted to Canada by France in perpetuity.#CanadaIsAwesome #VeteransDay #Heroes
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The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, an amazing peice of sculpture on a huge scale, and a very poignant place to visit. A very fitting tribute to the fallen of WW1.
#WallArt #VimyRidge #France #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite #Canadian #WarMemorial #Architecture #Sculpture #AYearForArt
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We honor the bravery, sacrifice, and triumph of the Canadian Corp on this day one hundred and seven years ago.
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As we mark Vimy Ridge Day, I am moved to share a column I wrote in 2001, about my husband’s grandfather, who was reborn as a Canadian on Vimy Ridge. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/paula-simons-percy-taylor-was-reborn-a-canadian-at-vimy-ridge #Vimy #VimyRidge #Canada #CanadianHistory #Saskatchewan
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As we mark Vimy Ridge Day, I am moved to share a column I wrote in 2001, about my husband’s grandfather, who was reborn as a Canadian on Vimy Ridge. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/paula-simons-percy-taylor-was-reborn-a-canadian-at-vimy-ridge #Vimy #VimyRidge #Canada #CanadianHistory #Saskatchewan
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As we mark Vimy Ridge Day, I am moved to share a column I wrote in 2001, about my husband’s grandfather, who was reborn as a Canadian on Vimy Ridge. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/paula-simons-percy-taylor-was-reborn-a-canadian-at-vimy-ridge #Vimy #VimyRidge #Canada #CanadianHistory #Saskatchewan
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As we mark Vimy Ridge Day, I am moved to share a column I wrote in 2001, about my husband’s grandfather, who was reborn as a Canadian on Vimy Ridge. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/paula-simons-percy-taylor-was-reborn-a-canadian-at-vimy-ridge #Vimy #VimyRidge #Canada #CanadianHistory #Saskatchewan
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As we mark Vimy Ridge Day, I am moved to share a column I wrote in 2001, about my husband’s grandfather, who was reborn as a Canadian on Vimy Ridge. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/paula-simons-percy-taylor-was-reborn-a-canadian-at-vimy-ridge #Vimy #VimyRidge #Canada #CanadianHistory #Saskatchewan
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Beaverton: Canadians explain why they’re mad about the new Passport design https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/05/canadians-explain-why-theyre-mad-about-the-new-passport-design/ #satire #canada #commentary #PierrePoilievre #Conservatives #justintrudeau #FeaturedPost #Slideshow #VimyRidge #Beavfeed #National #Liberals #passport #TerryFox #Canada
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oday in 1917, Canadian troops take a fortified knoll outside Givenchy-en-Gochelle as the German Sixth Army retreats to the Oppy-Mericourt line.
With that, the Battle of Vimy Ridge comes to an end.
The battle resulted in 3,598 men killed & 7,004 wounded.#VimyRidge #Canada #History #Histodon #Histodons #Canadian #FirstWorldWar #WorldWarOne
📸L & A Canada
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Today is Easter Sunday - and also Vimy Ridge Day. I wanted to share this essay from years ago, about my husband’s grandfather Percy, who fought at Vimy, and remade his identity there. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/paula-simons-percy-taylor-was-reborn-a-canadian-at-vimy-ridge #VimyRidge #Vimy #VimyRidgeDay #Canada #CanadianHistory #EdmontonJournal #Saskatchewan #saskatchewanhistory
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Today in 1917, the Battle of Vimy Ridge begins. In the battle, four Canadian divisions & one British brigade capture Vimy Ridge under the command of Julian Byng.
It comes at the cost of 3,578 dead and 7,000 wounded. Four Canadians earn the Victoria Cross in the battle.#FirstWorldWar #WW1 #WorldWarOne #VimyRidge #Canada #History #Histodon #Histodons
