Franklin, Andrews, Kramer & Edelstein

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...and at the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge near Arras, France, on Sunday, where about 25,000 people gathered,...
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By the 1950s, interest among Canadians in World War I and Vimy in particular had waned. Professor MacMillan, who is 71, said the battle was not a part of her schooling. But on Sunday, nearly half the crowd in Vimy was schoolchildren who had flown there from Canada to attend the ceremony.