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Update! Our second "Shining Star" scholarship is now accepting entries - see here for more details: http://vimyridge.valourcanada.ca/scholarship-contest/ Young... Canadians will have the chance to win $500 to put towards their post-secondary education for the best response to any one of the four questions posed on the page. As well, the contest quiz for the January Vimy Ridge module ends in one week! Head on to the "Guns Blazing" section: http://vimyridge.valourcanada.ca/the-road-to-/guns-blazing/

Join us at the Mewata Armory on April 8 for what promises to be an invigorating talk by one of Canada's foremost German historians, University of Calgary's professor emeritus Dr. Holger Herwig! He'll be speaking on the German perspective of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, referencing soldiers' diaries and varied other primary sources.

Militrivia is Valour Canada's military history page. We are currently working on a First World War documentary. The subject is the 19000 Canadian fallen in th...e First World War who have no known grave. Filming will take us to Halifax, Ottawa, Passchendaele, Ypres, Vimy, Lens, Cambrai and Beaumont Hamel. Stay tuned for posts of our journey over the next ten days. We would like to thank the Dept of Canadian Heritage for its commemoration grant. Wherever we go, when we tell people about the project, they want to get involved. The cooperation has been inspiring. Notably: the Soldiers and sailors standing guard at the National War Memorial, the Ottawa city police and the staff on Parliament Hill. Photo of Leading Seaman Rebecca Charlesworth standing guard at the National War Memorial

Tomorrow (Thursday the 9th) marks the 98th anniversary of the Vimy Ridge Battle; there will be a commemoration at the Mewata Armory, home of the King's Own Calgary Regiment and the Calgary Highlanders, in downtown Calgary that evening. It will feature drinks, appetizers, and a lecture from Dr. Andrew Iarocci, professor of history at Western University in Ontario and author of Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment. It is open to the public, but only a limited number of spots are available! http://www.eventbrite.com/e/battle-of-vimy-ridge-commemorat

Our March issue of Honour Newsletter is now out! You can download it from the link below. This month's issue features the following: Calgary Highlanders Grand Ball Known unto God... Rudy Deutsch and Sydney Frost Save the Town of Achterveld Education Program: Calgary Teacher's Convention Flame of Remembrance 2014 AirForce Museum Society of Alberta Takes Delivery of CL-13 Mk. V Sabre Road to Vimy 100 Upcoming Events http://www.valourcanada.ca/ne/march-2015-honour-newsletter/

Dr. Patrick Brennan from the University of Calgary History Department will be speaking on Canada's First World War mobilization.