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What is the significance of the Battle of the Somme for the Newfoundland Regiment?
For most Canadians, the 1st of July is an opportunity to celebrate Canada Day. However, in the province of Newfoundland...
What is the world's longest covered bridge?
At 1,282 feet or 390.75 metres long, the Hartland Bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick, is the longest covered bridge extan...
What is one of the oldest war memorials in the United States of America?
The American Revolutionary War played a critical role in helping unite the original fourteen settlements to found a new...
What is Mount Edith Cavell?
Edith Cavell (4 December 1865 - 12 October 1915), an English nurse, was among a group of thirty-five people who were arr...
What military unit was known as Canada's Black Battalion during the First World War?
Like thousands of other Canadians during the First World War, young black soldiers were eager to serve their country. Bu...
Who had the distinction of being the first woman to set up a medical practice in the province of Prince Edward Island?
Located in St. John's Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Belfast, Prince Edward Island is the grave of Elizabeth Margaret Mac...
What memorial bridge erected in Canada's capital was named in honour of the heroes of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, France?
Structural memorials, such as arches, buildings, walkways, gardens, and benches have become popular in their usage since...
What is the oldest community within the current City of Ottawa, Ontario?
Richmond Village, Ontario – the oldest community within the current City of Ottawa – celebrated their 200th anniversary...
What is considered the only Crimean War monument in North America?
The Welsford-Parker Monument (also known as the Sebastopol monument or the Crimean War monument) is a memorial arch loca...
What does the term Cobber represent to Australian troops?
In 1998, the Australian Government opened the Australian Memorial Park in Fromelles (France) on a section of the old Ger...
What is a 'rolling memorial'?
Considered perhaps North America's fastest growing form of commemoration is the ' rolling memorial '. These memorials co...
What is the 'first collective memorial' erected along the former Great War front in France and Belgium
Sir Reginald Blomfield , one of the principal architects of the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission during...
What Canadian Heritage River watershed is larger than England?
Over a period of fifteen years, there are many who made exceptional contributions during the course of a complex and mul...