Daphne Bramham: The true legacy of Lt. Leslie Miller

It’s a story that reads like a novel and for good reason. It isn’t true.
Last year for Remembrance Day, I wrote that because of Canadian soldier Leslie Miller, oak trees once again grow on Vimy Ridge, the site of a terrible, four-day battle that began April 9, 1917, leaving 3,598 Canadians dead and more than 7,000 wounded.
The story that I got from the Vimy Foundation and Vimy Oaks Legacy is that after the battle Miller scooped up some acorns, mailed them home and later planted them