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Postmedia News: ‘Give a Vimy for Vimy:’ Fundraising campaign highlights battlefield image on $20 bill

Nov 03, 2013

A national history foundation that promotes remembrance of the 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge — the landmark First World War victory widely viewed as a major milestone for Canadian nationhood — is launching a centennial campaign to convince the country to adopt the nickname “Vimy” for the new polymer $20 bills, which feature an image of the towering Vimy Ridge battlefield memorial in France.

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