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Liberation of the Netherlands
On May 5, 1945, the Netherlands was finally liberated from Nazi occupation after five years of hardship and suffering. Eighty years on,...
Samantha Cowan
Mar 11, 20232 min read
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Honouring Bud Weeks, Remembrance 2022
For Remembrance Day this year, Sam & Ian joined Bud's daughter in a visit to see Bud's resting place Alfred E. “Bud” Weeks, born Feb. 6,...
Samantha Cowan
Nov 13, 20222 min read
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Remembrance 2022
This Remembrance we found ourselves reuniting with our friends at the Orillia Public Library as part of the Orillia Public Library's...
Samantha Cowan
Nov 13, 20221 min read
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D-Day 78: Live Events and Resources
Yesterday marked 78 years since the largest, most complicated amphibious landing in human history took place. It marked the beginning of...
Samantha Cowan
Jun 7, 20222 min read
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Canada Loosens Travel Restrictions & Requirements
Exciting travel news! On Tuesday, February 15th, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced that they will adjust the Travel Health...
Samantha Cowan
Feb 20, 20223 min read
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A Guide to COVID-19 Travel Insurance for Canadians
COVID-19 travel insurance has become a necessity when travelling outside of your home country. Purchasing a policy that covers all...
Samantha Cowan
Feb 20, 20224 min read
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Spring 2022 Liberation of Holland Tour Program Update
Good news! We will be travelling in 2022! Are you ready to travel with us this Spring? On Tuesday, February 15th, the Public Health...
Samantha Cowan
Feb 20, 20221 min read
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Celebrating a veteran's birthday: Bud Weeks
My Dad, Alfred Alfred E. “Bud” Weeks, born Feb. 6, 1922, survived the Great Depression, before enlisting in the Canadian Army (Active),...
Sharon Weeks
Feb 6, 20222 min read
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Newfoundland & Labrador - A Contribution Remembered: Company Sergeant-Major, Cyril Gardner
COMPANY SERGEANT - MAJOR CYRIL GARDNER Company Sergeant-Major Gardner was the only member of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment to be...
Gerry Peddle
Jan 9, 20223 min read
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B O X I N G D A Y 2021 : Register today and take 5% off a Summer* or Fall 2022 Battlefield Tour
Today, for one day only, take 5% off a Summer* or Fall 2022 Battlefield Tour when you register online at www.thebattlefieldtours.com....
Samantha Cowan
Dec 26, 20211 min read
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The Canadian Christmas Vigils: CANDLES LIT in GROESBEEK & HOLTEN
Every Christmas Eve, local school children come to Holten & Groesbeek Canadian Military Cemeteries in the Netherlands to light a candle...
Samantha Cowan
Dec 19, 20212 min read
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Supporting Guardians of Memory this Holiday Season
The holiday season is coming - and what you gift makes a DIFFERENCE!!!! The local communities on the battlefields are in need of much...
Samantha Cowan
Dec 12, 20212 min read
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Newfoundland & Labrador - A Contribution Remembered: Barbed Wire & Shrapnel
Barbed Wire & Shrapnel ^^^ Barbed wire from the Western Front and heavy iron shrapnel found near Ovillers-la-Boisselles, (Somme,...
Gerry Peddle
Dec 12, 20214 min read
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Newfoundland and Labrador: a Contribution Remembered (part 20B)
The Seventh Caribou ^^^ The Final Caribou, installed 100 years later on Caribou Hill, Gallipoli “Those heroes who shed their blood in...
Gerry Peddle
Dec 5, 20213 min read
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Holiday Gift Ideas for all the fans of history out there
The holiday season is coming - and what you gift makes a DIFFERENCE!!!! Support the local businesses that make our travel experiences...
Samantha Cowan
Nov 28, 20212 min read
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Newfoundland and Labrador: a Contribution Remembered (part 20A)
The Sixth Caribou ^^^ The Caribou, by (Sculptor) Basil Gotto; " The memorial is that of a large bronze caribou standing on a rocky...
Gerry Peddle
Nov 28, 20213 min read
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Talbot House - Toc H
An oasis of serenity in a world gone mad ^^^ The Talbot House, otherwise known as Toc H in Poperinge Flanders, is a home away from home,...
Gerry Peddle
Nov 7, 20213 min read
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Newfoundland and Labrador: a Contribution Remembered (part 19)
Tommy Ricketts ^^^ Private Thomas Ricketts, a Boy Soldier who enlisted at the age of 15, became the youngest soldier in the British Army...
Gerry Peddle
Oct 31, 20213 min read
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11 Livestreams in 11 Days
Honouring a week of Remembrance 2021 ^^^ From now until Nov 10th Sam Cowan will hop on facebook + youtube to host 20min pop-up sessions...
Samantha Cowan
Oct 31, 20212 min read
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Newfoundland and Labrador: a Contribution Remembered (part 18)
Soldiers who were Boys. ^^^ Private John Lambert enlisted in St. John’s at the age of 16 and was killed in the Battle of Langemarck in...
Gerry Peddle
Oct 24, 20213 min read
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The Canadian Travel Advisory Lifts!!! This, and more, in PT.IV..A Saga: When can we travel again?
We all are preparing to travel again in 2022. Over at Connection Tours, we've been continually speaking with travel agents about the huge...
Samantha Cowan
Oct 24, 20214 min read
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Newfoundland and Labrador: a Contribution Remembered (part 17)
The Danger Tree Replica of the Danger Tree (left). Y Ravine Cemetery in the background. Some suggest that the healthy new trees adjacent...
Gerry Peddle
Oct 16, 20213 min read
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