The Aamjiwnaang First Nation Cenotaph in Sarnia. November 10, 2015 (BlackburnNews.com Photo by Briana Carnegie)The Aamjiwnaang First Nation Cenotaph in Sarnia. November 10, 2015 (BlackburnNews.com Photo by Briana Carnegie)
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Exhibit Finds WWI Soldiers From Sarnia-Lambton

Residents with ties to World War I soldiers may be able to learn something new about their fallen relatives at the Plymptom-Wyoming Museum this summer.

The site is celebrating the 100th anniversary since the end of the First World War with an exhibit known as "The Last 100 Days of WWI".

It will highlight the events leading to the end of the war and it will give visitors the chance to locate their fighting relatives position during those last 100 days.

Historical Society President Don Poland says if you know their full name or battalion number, the museum may be able to find him.

"We can go back into the Canadian archives, find out a little bit more about him, and there is a good chance we can show you on our four battle maps where he was."

Poland says some historians claim the last 100 days was the pinnacle of Canada's involvement in the great war, a period when around 70 soldiers from Lambton were killed.

The museum  also features exhibits on early settlers in Sarnia-Lambton, the Great Storm of 1913 and post-WWII immigration stories.

For more information, go to www.plympton-wyoming.com.

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