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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to receive Canadian soil
Premier Gary Doer will present Manitoba soil for Ottawa’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as part of a national commemoration. A World War I unknown from Vimy Ridge will be exhumed May 25 and flown to Ottawa, to lie in state May 26 and 27 before burial on May 28 beside soil from coast to coast.
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Legislative Building
Gary Doer
Royal Canadian Legion
Manitoba
National War Memorial
Ottawa
Canada
Vimy Ridge
Canadian Air Force
Parliament
RCMP
James H
Joe) Fraser
Gladstone
Ontario
Premier Deer
Joe
Mister
Army
Navy
Air Force
Army, Navy and
Air Force Veterans In Canada
Anavets
National Council of Veterans Associations
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Legion
Veterans Affairs Canada
National Defense
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Commonwealth
War Graves Commission