April 9, 2015
BORDEN, ON – Members of Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden and the local community remembered the Battle of Vimy Ridge at a ceremony this morning attended by the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and a former Chief of the Defence Staff, General (retired) Rick Hillier.
The ceremony was the first of a series of events during the coming year to mark the Centennial Anniversary of CFB Borden. Today’s ceremony also included a trail naming and a sod turning ceremony for the centennial memorial wall.
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