| Abstract | A speech by Dean F. Oliver, research director at the Canadian War Museum, given in Ottawa, Ontario on April 4, 2012, is presented. Oliver focuses on the importance of collective Canadian memory of World War I's Battle of Vimy Ridge, fought in France, to Canadian national identity. He explains the establishment of a monument dedicated to Canadian soldiers at the site of the battle, and notes the battlefield's more modern popularity as a tourist destination.
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