Photos: WWI memorials and remembrance
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Vimy, FRANCE: A picture taken 06 April 2007 in Vimy, northern France, shows the newly restored Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the 3.598 Canadian soldiers who died in the Vimy battle, a painful World War I victory that firmed Canada's national identity in 1917. The monument, designed by Canadian architect Walter Seymour Allward, will be inaugurated 09 April 2007 by Queen Elizabeth II, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Canadian Prime Ministre Stephen Harper during the ceremonies of the 90th anniversary of the battle A total 3,598 Canadian Corps troops were killed and 7,004 were wounded over four days of fighting. AFP PHOTO DENIS CHARLET (Photo credit should read DENIS CHARLET/AFP/Getty Images)
