Released on November 3, 2008
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building is the provincial site of Vigil 1914-1918, a national project to remember the fallen soldiers of WWI.
Beginning November 4, from sunset to sunrise, Vigil 1914-1918 will project the names of the 68,000 Canadian soldiers who died in the First World War onto the memorials and buildings across Canada. The last name will appear before dawn on November 11, the 90th anniversary of the end of the war.
"Canada came of age as a nation on the battlefields of the First World War," Premier Brad Wall said. "At Vimy Ridge, Ypres, the Somme and Passchendaele, brave men and women died and were wounded in numbers disproportionate to our country's population. We owe a sincere debt of gratitude to those who served and those who died for our freedom."
Canadians can visit www.1914-1918.ca to look up the names of loved ones and confirm the exact time when their name will appear, view comments and share pictures from Vigil sites across the country.
Organized by the National History Society and the Department of Veterans Affairs Canada, other Vigils will be held in Fredericton, Halifax, Toronto, Edmonton, Ottawa, and at Canada House in Trafalgar Square in London, England.
The Vigil will be launched with an official program at 5 p.m. on November 4 outside the Legislative Building. Daily commemorative events will take place at the Vigil site throughout the week.
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For more information, contact:
Kathy Young
Executive Council
Regina
Phone: 306-787-0425
Email: kathy.young@gov.sk.ca
Cell: 306-526-8927