Over the span of April 9 - 12, 1917 was a battle on the world stage that brought Canada up to the world stage as world player and not just a member of the British Empire. The battle of Vimy Ridge  was the first time all four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force fought together side by side in a successful effort to capture the German-held highground of Vimy Ridge which would go on the be a key factor in winning World War I for the Allied Powers.

104 years later, the memory of those that made the ultimate sacrificed is still preserved, which is why you'll see the flags at the Estevan Legion and the Cenotaph lowered between today and the end of the battle's anniversary on April 12. Normally at this time of year, curator at the Southeast Military Museum Craig Bird would be putting together a presentation focusing on Vimy Ridge's significance to the area.

"As soon as I started doing research on the local area just to see the contributions from this area and the number of people that actually went off to war in World War I, it's just amazing to me the amount of people that wanted to go out and be part of the military and enrolled in a World War I. We lost about a third of the people that actually enrolled in this area that were killed during a war. To this day we still have a lot of people that join the military from this area and I think it's only right that we showcase that and remember them, not just the ones that were killed, but everybody that served."

Instead of his usual presentation this year, there will instead be a large number information pieces shared on the Estevan Legion's Facebook page that kids and adults alike can use a learning tool. The southeast had a significant involvement in the conflict near the end of the first World War, and those people should not be forgotten.

"We have 16 people from just the local area here that were killed during Vimy, but we kind of do a little bit of a presentation just to make people aware of who they were and some of the sacrifices, and we've been doing little batches of different people over those presentations to just make sure people are aware of their sacrifice, so I would have been doing some different individuals, but I think this year just because of the virtual aspect here, I'm going to post all of their names up on our Facebook page again and a little bit of their history and where they came from."

Part of the assets that Bird plans to share include a virtual tour of the battlefield at Vimy that actually allow you to see where the battle took place and what things may have looked like during the time of the war. For more information, check out the Facebook page of the Estevan Legion.