Vimy Memorial Vandalized | August 17, 2023 | Micah Quinn | Bridge City News

The Vimy Memorial in France has been vandalized.

Many people are understandably very upset at the news as it was learned on Tuesday evening that a person was spraying graffiti on the special memorial that honours veterans.

A Facebook user named Dave McCleary provided a photo after the mess was cleaned off and he says the graffiti was sprayed close to his family name.

His grandfather was severely wounded during Vimy and died a few days later as they tried to transport him to England.

The monument bears the names of thousands of Canadian soldiers who died in the First World War.

Glenn Miller, a volunteer with the Lethbridge Military Museum, and a veteran himself, says he is deeply troubled by the vandalism.

Veterans Affairs Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, released a statement saying, “I am shocked & appalled that the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, a sacred space honouring the 60,000 Canadians who gave their lives in Europe during the First World War, was vandalized. We are working with French authorities to find the person responsible.”

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