Some 40 Cornwall residents, as well as a handful of local schoolchildren, commemorated the blooming of the flowers in Memorial Park on May 10.
A flower to commemorate the ultimate sacrifice
FRANCIS RACINE francis.racine@eap.on.ca
in Memorial Park on May 10. Surrounding the Friendship Tulip Garden, they recounted themany exploits and sacrifices undertaken bymembers of the 1 st Battalion of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry and area during the liberation of the Netherlands. The Cornwall and District Horticultural Society has, for many years, purchased tulip bulbs for planting inMemorial Park and will continue to do so annually as their effort to
honour all veterans. In the spring of 1946, 100,000 tulips bloomed in Ottawa. Planted in the previous fall, the Dutch tulip bulbs were sent to Canadians as a symbol of appreciation for the role Canadian soldiers played in the liberation of the Netherlands, and the hospitality Canada provided to the Dutch Royal Family during their stay in Ottawa during the Second World War. Canada
continues to receive 20,000 Dutch tulips every fall. Although no Netherland liberation veterans were present during the ceremony, Bill Shearing, himself a veteran, decided to explain the topic further to the many schoolchildren assembled. As they quietly and patiently sat in the grass, Shearing detailed just what the Glens went through and what kind of treatment any Canadian
Much like the Glens that fought in the liberation of the Netherlands, the tulips in Cornwall’s Friendship Tulip Garden stand tall and proud. Some 40 Cornwall residents, as well as a handful of local schoolchildren, commemorated the blooming of the flowers
Le Journal, Cornwall
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Le mercredi 18 mai 2016
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