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Legacy at Talbot House - Every Man's Club
Welcome to Talbot House - your home away from home In this special recording, Simon shares with Sam what his experiences have been like...
Samantha Cowan
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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Our local favourite, The Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam
A wonderful hello from our friends at The Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam to share online goodies for those of us who can’t visit them just yet....
Samantha Cowan
Oct 15, 20204 min read
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Samantha Cowan
May 31, 20150 min read
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Samantha Cowan
May 31, 20150 min read
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Day 7: Dinner at the Peace Palace. Just...unbelievable.
May 6th was a day for the books. Unknown to our travellers, Glenn and myself were busy planning something unbelievably extraordinary for...
Samantha Cowan
May 8, 20158 min read
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Day 6: Bud talks to us about the sherman tank - and meets a vet from the "Soupie" regiment
There's not much more to say - you just absoloutely have to watch the video I recorded of Glenn, & Bud explaining to us all the sherman...
Samantha Cowan
May 6, 20151 min read
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Day 6: Unlike any other day
After getting back on the bus, I plopped down beside our veteran George Skerkowski. Looking me straight in the eye, he said "I have never...
Samantha Cowan
May 6, 20154 min read
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Day 5: Bud Weeks turns rain into Sunshine by pulling off a remarkable feat
Today is Liberation Day - and all across the Netherlands, the Dutch are celebrating their freedom. After the liberation in 1945,...
Samantha Cowan
May 5, 20152 min read
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Day 4: Where to begin?
Day 3 was an overwhelming day for all of us to say the least - there were so many mixed emotions, filled with so many overwhelming...
Samantha Cowan
May 5, 20158 min read
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Day 3: Commemoration Services at the Canadian Military Cemetery of Groesbeek
CTV Video Coverage on the event. Yes - you can spot us in this video! http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=605918 May 3rd also marked the...
Samantha Cowan
May 3, 20152 min read
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Day 3: The 70th Anniversary since the Liberation of Holland
Our first day on the road took us to Nijmegen and the Liberation museum in Groesbeek where we were greeted by Canada's CTV news crew -...
Samantha Cowan
May 3, 20154 min read
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Day 2: 70th Liberation of the Netherlands Tour
Top picture: Our group all together, in front of Aubrey Cosens grave __________________________________________________________________...
Samantha Cowan
May 3, 20154 min read
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Follow our Veterans on the 70th Liberation of Holland while at home in Canada
When we first posted about the 70th Liberation of Holland in January, we were overwhelmed by the responses we recieved. Over 444 shares,...
Samantha Cowan
May 1, 20153 min read
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Photographs of Day 3 with Bud Weeks
Recieved some more photographs, courtesy of Battlefield traveller Oksana Wells - thank you so much for providing us with these wonderful...
Samantha Cowan
Apr 30, 20151 min read
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An honour to see: Such respect and gratitude. Bud Weeks and the rest of our Tour - Day 3
Today, the group explored Bloody Omaha focusing on 'Easy Red', ironically, one of the worst sectors of the disembarkment. The group...
Samantha Cowan
Apr 29, 20151 min read
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And they're off! Yesterday marked the beginning of an extraordinary journey.
On Monday April 27th 2015, our Canadian travellers arrived in Paris to meet with our director Ian, to embark on the first part of our 3...
Samantha Cowan
Apr 28, 20152 min read
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Gord & Sandy: Why we've decided to come along on the 70th Anniversary Liberation Tour
During our very first phone conversation, you asked me how I found out about the Battlefield Tours. At the time I couldn't recall...
Samantha Cowan
Apr 28, 20152 min read
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The Liberation of Holland - The Ultimate Reading List
In preparation for the 70th Anniversary since the liberation across the Netherlands, I have reached out to members of our community, both...
Samantha Cowan
Apr 24, 20153 min read
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A High School Student recalls her experience on the 60th Liberation of Holland Tour
The following is a word-for-word synopsis taken from my experience 10 years __________________________________ A couple of years before I...
Samantha Cowan
Jan 22, 201511 min read
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An 83 year old Dutch man involved with Dutch Underground Militia in WWII does an open interview on R
What was the scariest moment during your time in the militia? My scariest moment, apart from running guns past Nazi checkpoints would...
Samantha Cowan
Jan 21, 201514 min read
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