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What monument was erected in Paris in honour of what is considered Napoléon's greatest military victory?
Emulating the Trajan Column in Rome (113 AD), the ' Colonne de la Grande Armée ' was erected in 1810 at the same emplace...
What is the veneration of relics?
Monuments and memorials commemorate people, groups, or events and take shape in various types and forms. They typically...
What was the largest man-made explosion prior to the Atomic Bomb being unleashed on Hiroshima?
During the Great War , on 6 December 1917, the day started like most in Halifax, Nova Scotia , with school children laug...
What U.S. national day of remembrance had been earlier declared as "a date which will live in infamy"?
On the morning of 7 December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy and Air Force attacked Naval Station Pearl Harbor in Honol...
What is the largest wreath-laying program in America and Canada?
The largest wreath-laying program in America was inadvertently started in 1992 by Morril Worcester, owner of Worcester W...
What inspired the most beloved and famous of all war poems?
By 3 May 1915, the Great War had dragged on for over 38 weeks. When it began on 4 August 1914 for Britain and her coloni...
Who was the first Premier of the Province of Ontario?
The Honourable John Sandfield Macdonald , Q.C. (12 December 1812 – 1 June 1871) was joint premier of the Province of Can...
Who is considered British Columbia's most famous artist?
Located along the harbourfront on the grounds of the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, is a statue d...
What is known as the "greatest battle ever fought by the United States Army"?
The Battle of the Bulge , also known as the Battle of the Ardennes was called "the greatest American battle of the war"...
Who was the first Canadian soldier to have earned the Victoria Cross during the Second World War?
Company Sergeant-Major John Osborn (2 January 1899 - 19 December 1941) was the first Canadian soldier in the Second Worl...
What is considered America's least imposing and oldest monument that has hundreds of thousands who visit the site every year?
History is about interpreting the past. History is not only about "what really happened in the past" but is also to put...
Who was nicknamed the "Angel of the Battlefield" during the American Civil War and founded the American Red Cross in 1881?
Educator, nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, Clarissa Harlowe Barton (25 December 1821-12 April 1912), known a...
Who is known as the "Father of New France" and what did he accomplish?
Known as the " Father of New France ", Samuel de Champlain (baptised 13 August 1574 – 25 December 1635) was born in the...
Who was the first Canadian-born doctor of African descent and cared for dying President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C.?
Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott (7 April 1837 – 29 December 1913) was born in Toronto to Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801–1876) and...