Today is Vimy Ridge Day in Canada to commemorate those brave individuals who fought during WWI at the Battle of Vimy Ridge. In honour of this day, I thought I'd share my experience at Vimy.
Visiting Vimy may have been the most surreal experience I had on my 2014 Europe trip. Although I had visited many WWI and WWII memorial sites, Vimy Ridge was one that really resonated with me.
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is Canada's largest overseas war memorial site; it is located at the highest point of Vimy Ridge in northern France. This monument was created to commemorate the Battle of Vimy that took place during WWI, in which the Canadian Expeditionary Force were killed in battle with an Allied victory.
In grade 10, we had to take a Canadian History class and till this day it's still one of my favourite classes. I still remember learning about WWI and being stunned about its history. Thus, …show more content…
This was the first battle in which the entire Canadian Expeditionary Forces fought in battle together. Additionally, the Canadians won the battle, thus it became a nationalistic symbol of not only sacrifice, but also …show more content…
I feel like I'm suffocating and everything is too close. The tunnels were a nightmare for me. It was wet, humid, dark, super eerie and just not where I wanted to be. I wanted to get out the moment I walked in, but all I could think about were the men that LIVED in these tunnels. The tunnels we walked through were preserved, but some were not and so they were closed off to us. We could still see them from afar though, and they were kinda scary. It was insane to know that they stretched out for
Visiting Vimy may have been the most surreal experience I had on my 2014 Europe trip. Although I had visited many WWI and WWII memorial sites, Vimy Ridge was one that really resonated with me.
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is Canada's largest overseas war memorial site; it is located at the highest point of Vimy Ridge in northern France. This monument was created to commemorate the Battle of Vimy that took place during WWI, in which the Canadian Expeditionary Force were killed in battle with an Allied victory.
In grade 10, we had to take a Canadian History class and till this day it's still one of my favourite classes. I still remember learning about WWI and being stunned about its history. Thus, …show more content…
This was the first battle in which the entire Canadian Expeditionary Forces fought in battle together. Additionally, the Canadians won the battle, thus it became a nationalistic symbol of not only sacrifice, but also …show more content…
I feel like I'm suffocating and everything is too close. The tunnels were a nightmare for me. It was wet, humid, dark, super eerie and just not where I wanted to be. I wanted to get out the moment I walked in, but all I could think about were the men that LIVED in these tunnels. The tunnels we walked through were preserved, but some were not and so they were closed off to us. We could still see them from afar though, and they were kinda scary. It was insane to know that they stretched out for