Mon Aug 21, 2023 – 8:49 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – The Vimy Ridge Canadian World War I memorial in France erected to memorialize the costliest battle in Canada’s history has been desecrated by an activist with “environmental slogans.”
French authorities are looking for the person responsible for the vandalism, which includes graffiti on the memorial in French environmental slogans. According to a spokesperson with Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), the environmental activist was “a misguided individual with a cause.”
Canadians Veterans Affairs Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor released a statement last Wednesday condemning the act of vandalism.
“As all Canadians know, this is a sacred place commemorating the sacrifice of the 60,000 Canadians who gave their lives in order to protect the freedoms of the citizens of France and Belgium over 100 years ago during the First World War,” Petitpas Taylor said in her message.
“The memorial bears the names of those who died in France with no known grave and stands as a tribute to all Canadians who served during the First World War. It should inspire us to work toward lasting peace, for which those commemorated here gave their lives.”
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