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Here is a story about what happened today.
Canadian veterans greet children in Apeldoorn.
Sunday's parade in Apeldoorn was organized to honour Canadian soldiers who
liberated the town as the Second World War ended in Europe. The event is
the culmination of a week of ceremonies to mark the anniversary.
Hours before the festivities began, residents set up tents and lawn chairs
to get a good view. Several children in the crowd presented the Canadians
with flowers, while others waved Canadian flags.
"It's almost like Canada Day in Holland," said Brad Brown, a sailor from
Halifax who was taking a break from duties on HMCS Montreal in Germany.
"There are Canadian flags everywhere. The people are happy. People are
wearing Canadian flag pins."
Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson watched as about 1,500 veterans travelled
along the two-and-a-half-kilometre parade route. By her side was Princess
Margriet, who was born in Ottawa in 1943 during the five years Canada
offered the Dutch royal family a safe haven.
Elsewhere in the Netherlands, U.S. President George W. Bush observed
VE-Day in Margraten, near the German and Belgian border, where 8,000
American soldiers are buried.
He said the war taught the world's tyrants a lesson: "There is no power
like the power of freedom."
Accompanied by Dutch Queen Beatrix, Bush laid a wreath at the cemetery's
marble monument as Dutch buglers played "The Last Post."
Bush later headed to Moscow for a Victory Day parade through Red Square on
Monday.
In Ottawa, VE-Day will be marked with a ceremony at the National War
Memorial and by the official opening of the new Canadian War Museum by
Prime Minister Paul Martin.
FROM MAY 7, 2005: Museum opening highlights VE-Day anniversary
About 5,500 Canadians died trying to drive German forces out of the
Netherlands in the spring of 1945.
At the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, close to the German border, there
are rows and rows of white headstones bearing the names of Canadians who
died in action.
Jot notes..whatever.
 Drexelle · Sun May 08, 2005 @ 04:18pm · 0 Comments |
