World War One

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    Vimy: Through Generations

    July 5, 2012 by Sharon Adams
    Silence reigns over the fields surrounding the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, about 175 kilometres north of Paris. The pockmarked battlefields where 100,000 Canadians fought 95 years ago have been softened by time, the slumped shoulders of the trenches clothed by grass and surrounded by spring-green...
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    On This Date: June 2012

    June 1, 2012 by admin
    JUNE 1, 1876: The Royal Military College opens on Point Frederick, a small peninsula east of Kingston, Ont. JUNE 2, 1953: A coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, London, crowns Queen Elizabeth II. JUNE 3, 1989: The Toronto Skydome opens. JUNE 4, 1944: The Canadian/American First Special Service Force...