MAY 3RD EVENTS
Today we are starting with a visit to the memorial for the battle of the Somme. Just like Juno beach, it was a pretty strong time. The land was has been untouched since the war and therefore all the trenches and holes from artillery are still present.
Around eight hundred soldiers from Newfoundland had a task to do, it was to get to the front lines of the Somme and keep up the attack against the Germans. Almost all the soldiers didn’t make it out alive. There was only one tree that was left on the battlefield after that, it was the furthest that the Newfoundlanders. Standing on the field I could imagine it all happening right in front of me.
We were off to the Vimy Ridge memorial site now, we got to walk through the restored trenches as well as go through one of tunnel systems that the Canadians had used to get from one place to another safely, we were walking in there foot steps.
Vimy is a very important site for Canadians, it was the first time that all four Canadian divisions had come together for one battle. Everyone else had tried to take Vimy because it was the highest point in the area making it easier to know what your opponent was up to. Everyone who tried to take it, had failed until the Canadians came along and took that hill but with severe casualties.
We headed up the road to see the monument, it was amazing, words cannot express!
We then went to the Flanders Field museum which was very cool. There was so much information and all different kinds of things on display. It took awhile to get through that but after we had gone off to get some chocolate from one of the three candy shops in the square. We then attended the Menin Gates post-ceremony, overall I think we all had a good day
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