Sacred Heart High School's Travel Club is busy preparing to honor Canada's military past and the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers in their next European tour.
Forty Sacred Heart students will be traveling to Europe on the Canadian Battlefield Tour in April says teacher Perry Enns
"The 10 day tour is with EF - Educational Tours and will span three European countries that are home to some of Canada's greatest battles of both the first and second World Wars."
The SHHS travel club will fly to the Netherlands and land in the city of Amsterdam. While there the plan is to visit the Anne Frank House and the Jewish Historical Museum.
"Next the group will travel through Belgium and then to the Vimy Region of France. The 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge is often known as the battle in which Canada emerged as a nation. Students will visit the battlefield and walk through the trenches where Canadian men lived and fought in this momentous victory over German forces. Students will also get to visit other important sites such as Passchendaele and the Flanders Fields Museum."
The Tour will then continue to the Normandy Region of France where Sacred Heart students will visit the Canadian D-Day beach of Juno.
"On June 6, 1944 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to open the second front of the war and begin the campaign that eventually liberated Europe in World War Two.
"The Battlefield tour is providing a special connection for many SHHS students who had family members fight overseas. Sacred Heart students are taking part in Remembrance Day services at school and in the community as well as researching Veterans Stories on November 11. Future events for the group include guest speakers from the Legion and other activities that will help prepare the students for this once in a life time travel opportunity.
