I’m very pleased to report that I’ve joined the team at Liberation Tours! In recent years I’ve conducted research for many of their clients but next Spring I will assume the role of Historian on their upcoming 8-day Holland Liberation 80th Anniversary Canadian Battlefield and Remembrance Tour. The tour runs from April 29 – May 6, 2025 and you can find out more information, including a detailed itinerary, in the link above.
The much-anticipated 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland was cancelled due to the pandemic in 2020, however in 2025 the Dutch, as well as many Canadians, will have their opportunity to commemorate the service and sacrifice that freed them from Nazi occupation. In addition to a special event at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery there is the annual Remembrance Day ceremony (commemorated on May 4 in the Netherlands) at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery, as well as a tentative parade planned in Apeldoorn.
If you have any questions regarding this tour, or one of their other tours, you will find contact details at the bottom of the Liberation Tour description page.
I will of course continue conducting research for those of you interested in learning more about an individual who served for Canada, be it a relative or otherwise. In fact there will be big changes to my research packages in January 2025, options which I’ve already begun piloting with my current clients. I will post more details on these changes next month.
Categories: Remembrance, Second World War, Travel
Doing Our Bit 
well worth it. I did this on the 50th, 60th, & 70th. There will be few veterans there now. We had thousands for the 50th in 1995. Glenn
Hi Glenn … I imagine you’re right about the veterans. All the more reason to be there now to remember them. I was in France a few months before the 40th D-Day commemorations and wished I could have been there to experience it, but had to return home. Thanks for your comment. Cheers, Steve.
Hi Steve, my father-in-law’s British Artillery regiment supported Canadians from D-Day until they were disbanded in Holland and men transferred to other units. I pestered him to write about his life and placed World War Two years here: https://worldwartwomemoriesofayeoman.home.blog/
Hi Heather, thanks very much for your comment and for sharing the link to your father-in-law’s memoir. It looks very extensive and I look forward to reading it in more detail. I particularly like the addition of the photos and various pieces of ephemera. Wonderful! Thanks, Steve.
I will try and get you updated on Poppy Lady Anna Guérin soon. Exciting times.
I have been thinking about you over there and hope you will blog some stories once home