pferguson | May 3, 2020
Remembered A solitary grass and flower muncher ambles across the road from one yard to the next. Unperturbed by the white painted fence it approaches and without the leaping gait of a high jumper, this fleet of foot one, simply springs from a standing position across the obstacle. Then turning its head, to look at […]
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Tags: 3 May 1917, 31st Canadian Infantry Battalion, COVID-19, Family, Fresnoy, Hazel Dougan (nee Berget), Ole Berget, Remembrance, Vimy Memorial
pferguson | May 1, 2017
Om morgonen, kvelden, natta* In the darkness of the early morning the men of Alberta waited for the barrage to commence which would send them “over the top.” In spite of the heavy enemy bombardment, there were few casualties before the opening of the attack; but in front, swept by rifle and machine-gun fire and […]
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Tags: 31st Canadian Infantry Battalion, 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Alberta, Alderson (Alberta), Berget Family, Bernard Kyllo, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Emma Berget, Fresnoy, Medicine Hat (Alberta), Norwegian, Norwegian-Canadian, Ole Berget, Souchez, Villers Station Cemetery, Vimy Memorial
pferguson | April 11, 2017
It is as if Vimy is the start of what I do Vimy is connected to family. It’s personal. This I learned many years ago from my grandmother who told me stories about her father…..which were…..upon reflection…..stories her mother had told. This was the man Grannie knew…..memories…..passed from one generation to another. Grannie was two […]
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Tags: 31st Canadian Infantry Battalion, Family, Generations, Home, My Vimy, Ole Berget, Vimy Memorial, Vimy Rededication 2007, Vimy Ridge