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Which 17th century heroine is known as the "Canadian Joan of Arc"?
Fourth of the twelve children of François Jarret de Verchères, an officer and a seigneur in New France, and Marie Perrot...
What town dedicated to remembrance appointed itself as the official 'Center of the World'?
French-born Jacques-André Istel (1929 – ), a former lieutenant in the U.S. Marines during the Korean War, known as the "...
Which highly decorated Canadian Indigenous soldier is regarded as the most effective sniper of the First World War?
Among the more than 650,000 men and women from Canada and Newfoundland who served during the Great War, over 66,000 gave...
What is the first monument erected in honour of French soldiers who died while serving in external operations?
In October 2011, General Bernard Thorette, former Chief of Staff of the French Army (2002 – 2006), proposed to erect a n...
What was the first monument in honour of a woman accomplished by a woman?
In both the United States and Canada, the transformation from memorializing women in a representational and collective s...
Who is the oldest sailor in any Allied Navies during the First World War?
Being identified as the oldest sailor in the British Navy or any of the Allied Navies to see service during the First Wo...
Who is officially recognized as the last surviving French combatant from the First World War?
France's last surviving combatant from the First World War is Italian-born Lazare Ponticelli (24 December 1897 – 12 Marc...
What is the significance of the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial?
As its name suggests, the Australian War Memorial is a shrine to their nation's more than 100,000 war dead. The Memorial...
What American World War II symbol was promoted as "The World's Most Unique Monument"?
The Monument of States was the brainchild of Charles Wesley Bressler-Pettis, M.D. (12 February 1889 - 13 May 1954) and w...
Who is reputedly the first European to set foot in British Columbia, Canada?
During the last glacial period which ended about 20,000 years ago, ice covered all land areas and extended into the ocea...