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Sarnia Historical Society & The Royal Canadian Legion Announce Plans for TurnerMoore 100th Anniversary Vimy Dinner
The Sarnia Historical Society and The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 62 are planning a special cenotaph ceremony and commemorative dinner to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The events will take place in Sarnia on Sunday, April 2, 2017 and is sponsored by the local accounting firm of TurnerMoore LLP.
Known as “The Battle that Forged a Nation,” the victorious battle took place on a 7-kilometre-long ridge in northern France on Easter Monday, April 9, 1917. The four divisions of the Canadian Corps, fighting together for the first time, drove the German Sixth Army off the ridge in one of the most important victories of the Great War on the Western 
Front.
Commemorations will begin with a 4 p.m. ceremony at the Sarnia Cenotaph. Wreaths will be laid in memory of the four local men killed at Vimy Ridge; Frederick Johnson, David Kerr, Roy Lumley and David Montgomery.
The TurnerMoore 100th Anniversary Vimy Dinner will follow at The Royal Canadian Legion headquarters on Front Street with a cash bar at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:30. Guest speakers will include local military historians Tom Slater, author of the War Remembrance Project, and Randy Evans, a contributor to the project. Lt. Col. Mark Poland, Commanding Officer of the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada, will be the keynote speaker. Tickets are $40 per person, or $300 for a table of eight.
Sarnia citizens interested in attending the TurnerMoore 100th Anniversary Vimy Dinner should contact Sarnia Historical Society President Ron Realesmith at 519-328-5009 or purchase a ticket through our website here:
https://sarniahistoricalsociety.com/product/turnermoore-100th-anniversary-vimy-dinner-tickets/
For further information, please contact:
Phil Egan, Editor-in-Chief
Sarnia Historical Society
519-491-6361