Last Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 12:45 PM EDT
Setting a legend in stone
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A modernist sculptor captured Canada's conflicted feelings about Vimy and the war. Restorers had to cope with his troublesome innovations
07/04/07
8:52 AM
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Vimy 'affirmed our national identity'74
PM hails First World War bloody assault as a coming-of-age moment for Canada
09/04/07
4:02 AM
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Vimy Ridge: The making of a myth293
The victory at Vimy has become inseparable from the Canadian identity. But how it got that status is a murkier matter, and a more interesting one, which Michael Valpy explains
07/04/07
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From The Globe's archives
Veterans remember the horrors and the humanity
‘We had to do what we did. Some died. Some didn't'
04/04/07
11:48 AM
The secrets of the Vimy success
How the underrated Canadians achieved the seemingly impossible
04/04/07
11:27 AM
Eyewitness accounts
'Dear May: There was a few of our lads napooed'
A wounded soldier writes a letter home to his sister
04/04/07
12:22 PM
The 90th anniversary
Queen, French leader echo PM's link to Vimy18
For some, Vimy is a shining example to the Canada of the 21st century. For others, it is a grim warning
10/04/07
4:38 AM
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From symbol of despair to source of inspiration18
Dignitaries, veterans, high-school students among those gathered at war memorial
10/04/07
4:55 AM
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Troops granted Freedom of the City, 90 years on207
Thousands gather to mark the 90th anniversary of the bloody assault
08/04/07
11:08 AM
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Two surviving vets can't attend
Trip to France for ceremonies too arduous for former Canadian soldiers
07/04/07
12:31 AM
Canadian soldier finally receives proper burial15
Private Herbert Peterson, who died after First World War battle at Vimy Ridge, interred in solemn ceremony
07/04/07
11:11 AM
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Language faux pas mar Vimy preparations171
French grammar and spelling errors on plaques need correcting; Ottawa also scrambles over lunch money for students
06/04/07
4:31 AM
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A first-hand look at their ancestors' fight
5,000 students bound for France to mark First World War battle
05/04/07
2:44 PM
Gas, guns and even corpses still lie in the fields3
Farmers continually find relics from war
09/04/07
4:07 AM
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