Vimy2017

Quick facts about the Vimy Memorial
- It took 11 years and $1.5 million to build
-It rests on a bed off 11,000 tonnes of concrete and is reinforced with hundred tonnes of steel.
-It was unveiled in 1936 in the presence of more than 50,000 Canadian and French veterans and their families
-The walls of the Memorial are inscribed with the names of 11,285 Canadian soldiers who were posted "missing, presumed dead" in France.
- It was designed by Canadian sculptor and architect, Walter Seymor Allward, who once said the form of the design came to him in a dream.
We are excited to see and experience it all in April, 2017.