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A Time To Remember. 336 GUELPH ST., GEORGETOWN 905-877-0149 GEORGETOWNCHRYSLER.COM Lest we Forget. 10 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. S., SUITE 203 (MOUNTAINVIEW & GUELPH) JOHN A. GIBSON Chartered Accountant Financial Statement Preparation Small Business Accounting Personal Tax Returns Corporate Tax Returns 905-873-0996 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER REMEMBER OUR VETERANS Please remember those who have made it possible to live in Freedom. 45 River Drive Georgetown 905-877-0161 For advertising information call Ph: 905 873.0301 Fax: 905 873.0398 THIS IS YOUR NEWSPAPER The Independent & Free Press is your source for local news, regional news, upcoming events & sports. Delivered to every home every Wednesday and Friday. REMEMBER OUR VETERANS Remembrance Day, Wednesday, November 7, 2007 9 Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Monument. The monument is situated on Vimy Ridge, a height of land in northern France, 14 kilometres northeast of Arras. I t is the centrepiece of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial site. The Vimy Monument is one of Canada's most significant works of art. Through its powerful composition and extraordinary artistic quality, it speaks to the nature of war and sacrifice, to mourning and melancholy and ultimate- ly, to hope in the future. As such, it remains an enduring sym- bol of Canada's coming of age in the First World War. Vimy Ridge Monument an impressive tribute to First World War vets In 1922, France granted 117 hectares (290 acres) of the original battle site to Canada in perpetuity for the purpose of erecting a monument and establishing a permanent national memorial park. The design of Toronto sculptor Walter Allward was chosen out of 160 entries in a Canadian national competi- tion. It took eleven years of work (1925- 1936) and approximately $1.5 million to construct. The Vimy Monument rises from Hill 145, the highest point on Vimy Ridge, which formed part of the long sta- tic line known as the Western Front. For more than 70 years the monument has been a strong visual feature in the broad landscape. The monument's two soaring pylons represent Canada and France, the two countries joined together by the spirit of sacrifice. Twenty allegorical figures adorn the monument. They depict sacrifice and grief, symbolize the ideals for which Canadians had given their lives, and evoke universal values of justice, peace and truth. Inscribed around the walls of the monument are the names of 11, 285 Canadian soldiers whose bodies were never identified after the war and thus have no known grave. The monument was unveiled on July 26, 1936. Sixty years later, the Canadian National Vimy Memorial was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Vimy Ridge Monument fast facts The Vimy Ridge Monument is the centrepiece of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial site in France and is one of Canadas most significant works of art.