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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2010-4-9 18:42 编辑 + w' D( ~6 b0 e5 k# D- u
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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." P8 p6 P* O @6 ]# H
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Vimy Ridge Day; a8 K9 Z9 z$ P3 n$ t, {
Introduction
( O' F' X, L1 o, ]% x; l% R# j2 YIn 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.% _/ w1 Q2 m3 x& E' d4 B* Y
9 V% y3 `) @1 |. MOn 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.+ _! m. v$ j4 j9 l, [
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0 R4 u/ Q" {8 V* Q1 aToday, 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.
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