colchrishadfield:

This quiet monument, unveiled in France tomorrow at Hill 70 by Canada’s Governor General, to help us all remember who we are. An article worth reading:
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/battle-of-hill-70-first-world-war/article34515164/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com& (at Terril De Loos En Gohelle)

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#World War I #history #our home and cherished land #war cw #amnesia cw #(they really push the memory framing in this article) #death tw #(I know it’s a different format from the other warning tags; it got grandfathered in)