Canadian National Vimy Memorial

The weeping woman or better known as "Mother Canada mourning her dead" overlooks the Douai Plains at the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.

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The weeping woman or better known as "Mother Canada mourning her dead" overlooks the Douai Plains at the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.