HIGHLIGHTS

With guidance from Liberation Route Europe, VVV (Dutch Tourist Information), KWBN (Dutch Walking League), battlefield tour guides, and the Canadian Embassy in The Netherlands, IOFF highlights include:
  • A 60 km pilgrimage (over 3 days) along routes taken by the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Canadian Divisions 

  • Guidance from professional battlefield guides

  • Flower Ceremony at Groesbeek Cemetery 

  • Candlelight Vigil

  • Nijmegen Sunset March

  • NL Remembrance Day Ceremony at Holten Cemetery

  • Liberation Day Party in Almen

  • Apeldoorn Liberation Festivities

  • Canadian Camp at the Royal Family’s Palace (Het Loo)

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    • Feb 15
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    Okay, decision time!

    These pandamic travel restrictions won’t get the better of us so IOFF is moving to September 8 - 19th, 2022. Get your sunscreen ready for...
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    • Dec 24, 2021
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    Have a wonderful Christmas!

    A new year means a new chapter. We hope 2022 will be an incredible part of your story...we're sure our Dutch WWII pilgrimage will be! Our...
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    Filming IOFF Mini documentary!
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    • Dec 13, 2021
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    Filming IOFF Mini documentary!

    The Dutch crew of Orange Films is currently shooting a mini documentary about IOFF.
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    Get ready! Pre-registration for 2022 starts soon!
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    • Nov 27, 2021
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    Get ready! Pre-registration for 2022 starts soon!

    The Pre-Registration for our unique 2022 Dutch pilgrimage starts on November 29th. Join us here in two days!
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    • Jul 9, 2021
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    Great news! New dates...

    The IOFF website has been updated with the new 2022 itinerary (also in French) and two route maps. Two? Yes! The pilgrimage has a new...
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    IOFF
    • Nov 11, 2020
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    Today is Remembrance Day!

    75 Remembrance Torches! A Special 75th Anniversary Tribute Honouring Canada’s Second World War Veterans. We are very proud of this...
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    CBC News! Remembrance Torch project marks 75th anniversary of Dutch liberation
    IOFF
    • Nov 4, 2020
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    CBC News! Remembrance Torch project marks 75th anniversary of Dutch liberation

    Karen Hunter had plans to go to the Netherlands earlier this year to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Dutch liberation during the...
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    Help finish our WWII veterans’ tribute before November 11th!
    IOFF
    • Nov 2, 2020
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    Help finish our WWII veterans’ tribute before November 11th!

    Time is running out! Don’t miss your chance to be part of the WWII 75th Anniversary tribute—75 Remembrance Torches! Help finish our WWII...
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    • May 12, 2020
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    IOFF on CBC News - The National!

    On the 75th anniversary of Canadian forces liberating the Netherlands, COVID-19 has forced some commemorations to go virtual. IOFF...
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    May 10 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour
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    • May 10, 2020
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    May 10 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    Homeward bound, back to Canada! Until next year—75+1—keep the flame of remembrance alive! See you in the Netherlands in May 2021!...
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    • May 9, 2020
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    May 9 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    Wave that flag! Apeldoorn’s new Liberation Flag (with the city’s Coat of Arms) honours its Canadian liberators and celebrates a very...
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    • May 8, 2020
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    May 8 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    Let’s walk! Across farmers' fields, past cows grazing in the pasture, along country roads to Wichmond (in the Dutch region of Gelderland)...
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    • May 7, 2020
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    May 7 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    Congratulations Toon Helmes—recipient of the Royal Canadian Legion’s 75th Anniversary Liberation Medal for welcoming Canadians to the...
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    • May 6, 2020
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    May 6 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    The small Dutch village of Etten will always remember their saviours, The South Saskatchewan Regiment. A local citizen even printed out...
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    • May 5, 2020
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    May 5 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    May 5 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour Today is May 5th and we celebrate our freedom and endless gratitude for...
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    • May 4, 2020
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    May 4 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    Dutch Remembrance Day. In the small Dutch town of Almen, Mrs. Pien Pon holds a private ceremony for the local civilians killed and the 40...
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    May 3 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour
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    • May 3, 2020
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    May 3 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    Welcome Canadians! Doetinchem’s flags were out in full force for what would have been IOFF’s visit today, halfway into our 60km walk in...
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    May 2 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour
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    • May 2, 2020
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    May 2 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    “We remember.” Standing beside The Liberation Stone in the small Dutch town of Megchelen, Liberation Committee Chairman, John Hendriksen,...
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    May 1 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour
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    • May 1, 2020
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    May 1 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    Together, we share a moment of silence for the over 2500 Canadian soldiers buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery....
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    April 30 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour
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    • Apr 30, 2020
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    April 30 - The Canadian Remembrance Torch’s May 2020 Virtual Tour

    Keeping the flame of remembrance alive! Today we launch The Canadian Remembrance Torch May 2020 Virtual Tour and the Torch's new website!...
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