US Edition‘You are not forgotten’: Canadians honoured on 80th anniversary of Netherlands liberation
- Canadians were honored during ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the Netherlands' liberation from Nazi occupation in early May 2025.
- This commemoration reflects the end of WWII when the First Canadian Army pushed German forces back and secured the Dutch surrender on May 5, 1945.
- Groups such as the Dutch Canadian Society meet annually at Remembrance Gardens to remember sacrifices, while Canadian pipe bands perform at multiple Dutch events.
- About 7,600 Canadian soldiers died liberating the Netherlands, and veterans emphasize the need to remember their service and its impact on freedom.
- The anniversary strengthens lasting ties between Canada and the Netherlands and highlights continued efforts to honor the past with ceremonies, memorials, and education.
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At Kornwerderzand the war remains alive: 'Awareness is unfortunately urgently needed'
The celebration of 80 years of Liberation will have a special meaning this year on the Afsluitdijk at Kornwerderzand. On Sunday, flowers will be laid at the monument for Captain Christiaan Boers at the Kazemattenmuseum, who held off the Germans here with his regiment in May 1940. On Liberation Day, the traditional liberation fire will also arrive here, which this year was personally collected in Normandy by a group of runners.
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Canada’s largest tulip festival in Ontario is almost here – and it’s free
Festival features more than 300,000 blooming tulips in 26 gardens, honours Canada’s role in freeing the Netherlands during the Second World War.
‘You are not forgotten’: Canadians honoured on 80th anniversary of Netherlands liberation
Eighty years after the end of the Second World War, nearly two dozen Canadian veterans sat in the Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery, metres from the graves of the men they fought side by side with and called their friends.
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