{"id":2614,"date":"2017-04-28T11:46:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T15:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/rbsc\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2017-04-28T17:11:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T21:11:46","slug":"remembering-se-souvenir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/rbsc\/remembering-se-souvenir\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering \/ Se souvenir : Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Regina

Design for Regina War Memorial Museum (unbuilt) by Percy E. Nobbs is included in Part II of the exhibition<\/p><\/div>\n

By Richard Virr, Rare Books and Special Collections<\/p>\n

La version fran\u00e7aise suit<\/em>
\nThe Great War (1914-1918) left a permanent mark on Canada, both as a nation and as a people. The country had experienced conflict, both abroad on the battlefields of Europe, where Canadian forces had been engaged since September 1914, and at home with the conscription crisis that engulfed the country in 1917 and resulted in a change of government. By 1919, Canada was a very different place from what it had been in 1914.<\/p>\n

\"Headline

Headline History of the Great War, a scrapbook compiled by R.C. Featherstonhaugh, is included in Part I of the exhibition<\/p><\/div>\n

On the Western Front in April 1917, the British army, including the Canadian Corps under the command of General Julian Byng, faced Vimy Ridge, a strongly-fortified seven-kilometre German defensive line in northern France. The military stalemate seemed unbreakable. Earlier French assaults on this position had resulted in over 100,000 casualties without breaching the German defences. Finally, Vimy Ridge was successfully stormed by the Canadian Corps in a three-day battle from April 9th<\/sup> through the 12th<\/sup>. The battle claimed the lives of 3,598 Canadian soldiers, with another 7,000 wounded.<\/p>\n

The Battle of Vimy Ridge has become the embodiment of the Canadian experience of the Great War, and provided the inspiration for one of the most enduring images of the war in Canadian memory: the soaring cenotaph on Vimy Ridge. This memorial appears on the verso of our twenty-dollar bill.<\/p>\n

\"The

Vimy Memorial, Illustrated London News, July 25, 1936, is included in Part I of the exhibition<\/p><\/div>\n

This exhibition begins with Battle of Vimy Ridge itself and the memorial dedicated by His Majesty King Edward VIII in 1936. But it has another purpose: to explore how Canadians, in Montreal, at McGill University, and across the country, memorialized the bravery and sacrifices of its men and women during these years of war. Canada remembered by erecting cenotaphs and memorials in its cities, towns, and villages, and Canada remembers today every November 11th<\/sup>. Through objects, drawings, and photographs, these physical memorials are shown in their various stages of conception and realization. Though not all realized, these memorials are the aides m<\/em>\u00e9moire<\/em> of our national consciousness that served and continue to serve as markers of our national and communal life.<\/p>\n

This exhibition will open in two stages: part I, devoted to the battle and the memorial, opened on Friday, April 7th<\/sup> and continues through November; part II, devoted to remembrance, will open on Friday, May 19th<\/sup> and continue to September 22nd.<\/p>\n

The exhibition was curated by Jennifer Garland and Richard Virr, Rare Books and Special Collections, with the assistance of Lori Podolsky, McGill University Archives.<\/p>\n

\n

Se souvenir\u00a0: Comm\u00e9moration de la bataille de la cr\u00eate de Vimy dans le cadre de son 100e<\/sup>\u00a0anniversaire<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Regina

Dessin conceptuel du mus\u00e9e comm\u00e9moratif de la guerre de Regina (non construit) par Percy E. Nobbs, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 dans le cadre de la seconde partie de l\u2019exposition.<\/p><\/div>\n

Par Richard Virr, Livres rares et collections sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es<\/p>\n

La Grande Guerre (1914-1918) a laiss\u00e9 une marque ind\u00e9l\u00e9bile sur le Canada, en tant que pays et en tant que peuple. Le pays avait connu des conflits, non seulement sur les champs de bataille en Europe, o\u00f9 les forces canadiennes \u00e9taient mobilis\u00e9es depuis septembre 1914, mais \u00e9galement \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de nos fronti\u00e8res o\u00f9 la crise de la conscription a secou\u00e9 le pays, en 1917, et entra\u00een\u00e9 un changement de gouvernement. En 1919, le Canada \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rent de ce qu\u2019il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 en 1914.<\/p>\n

\"Histoire

Histoire de la Grande Guerre, album de d\u00e9coupures de grands titres pr\u00e9par\u00e9 par R.C. Featherstonhaugh, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 dans le cadre de la premi\u00e8re partie de l\u2019exposition.<\/p><\/div>\n

En avril 1917, sur le front ouest, l\u2019arm\u00e9e britannique, y compris le Corps canadien sous le commandement du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Julian Byng, se trouvait devant la cr\u00eate de Vimy, une ligne d\u00e9fensive allemande puissamment fortifi\u00e9e qui s’\u00e9tendait sur une distance de sept\u00a0kilom\u00e8tres dans le nord de la France. Ce bastion semblait insurmontable. Les assauts pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents men\u00e9s par les Fran\u00e7ais \u00e0 cet endroit avaient entra\u00een\u00e9 la mort de plus de 100\u00a0000 soldats, mais n\u2019avaient pas permis de percer la ligne d\u00e9fensive allemande. Finalement, le Corps canadien a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 s\u2019emparer de la cr\u00eate de Vimy au terme d\u2019une bataille qui a dur\u00e9 trois jours, soit du 9 au 12 avril. Cette bataille a co\u00fbt\u00e9 la vie \u00e0 3\u00a0598 soldats canadiens et en a bless\u00e9 7\u00a0000 autres.<\/p>\n

La bataille de Vimy incarne maintenant la participation du Canada \u00e0 la Grande Guerre et elle a inspir\u00e9 l\u2019une des images les plus m\u00e9morables qu\u2019ont les Canadiens de la guerre\u00a0: le c\u00e9notaphe qui est \u00e9rig\u00e9 sur la cr\u00eate de Vimy. Ce m\u00e9morial figure au verso de nos billets de vingt dollars.<\/p>\n

\"\"

M\u00e9morial de Vimy, Illustrated London News, 25 juillet 1936, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 dans le cadre de la premi\u00e8re partie de l\u2019exposition.<\/p><\/div>\n

L\u2019exposition commence par la bataille de Vimy elle-m\u00eame et le m\u00e9morial offert au Canada par Sa Majest\u00e9 le roi \u00c9douard VIII en 1936. Elle pr\u00e9sente aussi comment les Canadiens \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McGill et partout au pays comm\u00e9morent la bravoure et les sacrifices que les hommes et les femmes ont consentis pendant ces ann\u00e9es de guerre. Le Canada se souvient gr\u00e2ce aux c\u00e9notaphes et aux monuments comm\u00e9moratifs qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9rig\u00e9s dans ses villes et villages, et au jour du Souvenir c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 chaque ann\u00e9e, le 11 novembre. Par l\u2019entremise d\u2019objets, de dessins et de photographies, ces monuments sont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s aux \u00e9tapes de leur conception et de leur r\u00e9alisation. Bien qu\u2019ils n\u2019aient pas tous vu le jour, ces monuments sont notre aide-m\u00e9moire collectif national et continuent de servir de marqueur au sein de notre existence en tant que nation et collectivit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Cette exposition est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e en deux \u00e9tapes : la premi\u00e8re partie, consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 la bataille et au m\u00e9morial, a commenc\u00e9 le vendredi 7 avril et se poursuit jusqu\u2019en novembre, tandis que la seconde, consacr\u00e9e au souvenir, commence le vendredi 19 mai et se poursuit jusqu\u2019au 22 septembre.<\/p>\n

L\u2019exposition a \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9e et pr\u00e9par\u00e9e par Jennifer Garland et Richard Virr de Livres rares et collections sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es, avec l\u2019aide de Lori Podolsky, d\u2019Archives de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McGill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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