Canada and the Netherlands

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    Moving Ahead With Remembrance – 65 Years Of Liberation

    July 7, 2010 by Sharon Adams
    In mid-April 1945, 18-year-old North Shore (N.B.) Regiment Private Stewart MacDonald sheltered under a bridge near the rail station in Zutphen, the Netherlands. He was chest-deep in the Ijssel River, waiting for a lethal rain of shrapnel to stop. Across the river, townspeople, including 17-year-old...
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    Where Heroes Rest – 65 Years Of Liberation

    July 3, 2010 by Tom MacGregor
    Addressing a standing-room-only crowd in the new Omnisportcentrum—a 5,000-seat multi-use sports arena in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, Mayor Fred de Graaf spoke to the Canadian veterans present and those gathered to honour them. “We knew we could not keep honouring your fallen comrades. We had to...