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Samantha Cowan
May 5, 20152 min read
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,...
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Samantha Cowan
May 5, 20158 min read
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...
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Samantha Cowan
May 3, 20152 min read
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...
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Samantha Cowan
May 3, 20154 min read
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 -...
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Samantha Cowan
May 3, 20154 min read
Day 2: 70th Liberation of the Netherlands Tour
Top picture: Our group all together, in front of Aubrey Cosens grave __________________________________________________________________...
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Samantha Cowan
May 1, 20153 min read
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,...
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Samantha Cowan
Apr 30, 20151 min read
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...
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Samantha Cowan
Apr 29, 20151 min read
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...
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Samantha Cowan
Apr 28, 20152 min read
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...
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Samantha Cowan
Apr 28, 20152 min read
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...
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Samantha Cowan
Apr 24, 20153 min read
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...
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Samantha Cowan
Jan 22, 201511 min read
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...
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Samantha Cowan
Jan 21, 201514 min read
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...
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Samantha Cowan
Jan 21, 20151 min read
An incredible incredible story: WWII vet returns to the town he fought in to find that he's beco
This by far has to be one of the most captivating remarkable stories I have come across yet. The Battle of the Bulge was a huge push by...
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Samantha Cowan
Jan 21, 20151 min read
A glimpse at what the Dutch Winter of 1944 was like before the Liberation of the Netherlands
Over 18,000 people died during the final months of the German occupation in Holland due to starvation and malnutrition-related illness....
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Samantha Cowan
Jan 21, 201514 min read
An open interview: My grandfather is a 91-year-old American WWII medic who served in England, France
My grandfather is a 91-year-old American WWII medic who served in England, France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany, liberating a POW camp....
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Samantha Cowan
Nov 12, 20143 min read
Ieper Belgium, Nov. 11th, 2014: A Remembrance Like No Other
[Thank You Canada, Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony, November 11th, 2014] Since 1926, every night, Belgian volunteer firefighters have...
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Samantha Cowan
Nov 12, 20143 min read
A Complete Blueprint on Sharing Remembrance Day: 100 Years Rembering
Wow, what an incredible day Remembrance 2014 turned out to be. In a year when poppy sales broke records, emotions ran higher than usual....
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Samantha Cowan
Oct 23, 20144 min read
Heroes in our Battlefield Community: Spotlight on Bud Weeks and Harold Rowden
The DDay 70 Tour was truly a remarkable experience for all, but for some, it was much more than a Battlefield Tour. Snatched from...
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Samantha Cowan
Oct 22, 20142 min read
Recommended First World War Reading List
Recommending the best of Canadian War Fiction, in an effort to understand our First World War 100th Remembrance Day Tour in all of it's...
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Samantha Cowan
Oct 22, 20143 min read
An Awe-Inspiring Story Stands Behind Valour Road in Winnipeg, Manitoba
[From Left: Clarke, Hall, & Shankland, supplied by Canadian Geographic, Ja14]. They lived a mere steps between eachother, they may have...
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Samantha Cowan
Oct 22, 20141 min read
Rare and Incredible WW1 Trench Photography
A few years ago, Chris Hughes, an avid collector of vintage cameras in Niagara Falls Ontario, came across a century old Jules Richard...
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