On April 10, 2007, the students and staff of John Paul I Junior High School unveiled this student made replica of the Saint-Julian Memorial, honouring the Canadian soldiers who died during the first gas attacks of the First World War on April 22, 1915. The monument will serve as an ongoing tribute to all Canadian Forces Personal, past, present, and future. The monument located inside the school itself and attached to the wall, is ten feet high, and two feet wide, weighs over 150 lbs and is made of a wooden skeleton and layers of plaster. It took four months to create. The monument has the names of major battles on a column to the left beginning with Vimy Ridge and ending with Afghanistan. To the right and left of the monument are two plaques with the poem "In Flanders Fields", one in English and the other in French.
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Inscription
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THIS COLUMN MARKS THE BATTLEFIELD WHERE 18,000 CANADIANS ON THE BRITISH LEFT WITHSTOOD THE FIRST GERMAN GAS ATTACKS THE 22ND-24TH OF APRIL 1915. 2,000 FELL AND HERE LIE BUIRIED.
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Lest We Forget
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N'oublions Pas
Location
John Paul I High School War Memorial
8455 Pré-Laurin
Montréal
John Paul I High School War Memorial
8455 Pré-Laurin
Montréal
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 45.58352
Long. -73.60016
Lat. 45.58352
Long. -73.60016
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