John Hetherington is a retired history teacher and leads groups of Canadians to the battlefields of Europe each year. This month marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands by the Canadian First Army in 1945.

Sadly due to the current worldwide COVID pandemic the ceremonies to mark this historic event throughout the Netherlands have all been cancelled. Thousands of Canadians who were planning on making the pilgrimage to honour their relatives who participated in this final epoch struggle of World War 2 have now also had to cancel their travel plans. Despite the cancellations of all of these ceremonies, Still, Mr. Hetherington writes this is still a time for all of us to remember the story of the Canadian struggle to liberate the Netherlands. He also joined Alex to talk more about this.

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Marking seventy-five years of liberation