Remembering Canada's Role in WWI Trip Start Apr 27, 2010 12Trip
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morning we left our hotel bright and early in Rouen and made our
way to eastern France to visit sites related to Canada's role in
World War One. Our first stop was a 10am visit to Beaumont
Hamel. This was the location of the slaughter of the
Newfoundland Regiment on the first day of the Battle of the
Somme. The students entered the site, viewed the
Newfoundlanders' trenches, and saw the objectives they were
supposed to make their way across to. Students listened to
guides explain how and why the Newfoundland Regiment was
essentially wiped out within minutes under a hail of German
bullets. The group had a little time to visit the site and take
pictures before boarding the bus and heading to our next stop,
Vimy Ridge Vimy Ridge is a very significant location in Canadian
history, as it was this site that Canada's army first fought as
one, undre Canadian command. The aking of this ridge is vi