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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:
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A 60 km pilgrimage (over 3 days) along routes taken by the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Canadian Divisions
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Guidance from professional battlefield guides
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Flower Ceremony at Groesbeek Cemetery
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Candlelight Vigil
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Nijmegen Sunset March
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NL Remembrance Day Ceremony at Holten Cemetery
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Liberation Day Party in Almen
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Apeldoorn Liberation Festivities
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Canadian Camp at the Royal Family’s Palace (Het Loo)
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Nov 4, 2020
- 1 min
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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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Nov 2, 2020
- 1 min
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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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
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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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- May 3, 2020
- 1 min
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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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- May 2, 2020
- 1 min
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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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
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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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Mar 11, 2020
- 1 min
Practice makes perfect!
In the meantime in the Netherlands... How awesome is this training footage, shot in a cold caravan storage? On May 2, we'll walk the...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Feb 17, 2020
- 1 min
The Canadian Remembrance Torch
Help IOFF carry the first-ever Canadian Remembrance Torch to show our veterans that we, as the next generation, will never forget. The...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
Maybe you can help?
IOFF's founder Karen Hunter was interviewed by Guelph Today last week asking Guelph families to help her find information about the 13...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Dec 23, 2019
- 1 min
A sea of lights
Tomorrow evening, on December 24th, Dutch schoolkids go to the Canadian War Cemetery in Holten and place almost 1500 candles on the...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Dec 2, 2019
- 1 min
Look at that smile!
Our dear WWII veteran Don White is all smiles! So are we. On May 9th, 2020, we'll be attending the Canadian Liberation Festival in...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Nov 11, 2019
- 1 min
Harry Bockner
Thanks Guelph Musuems for adding Sgt. Harry Jacob Bockner’s name to the cenotaph in time for Remembrance Day 2019. From my father’s war...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Oct 17, 2019
- 1 min
"Join me this Saturday!"
I’ll be at Canadian Walk For Veterans in Barrie--one of 10 Canadian locations--walking shoulder to shoulder with veterans,...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Sep 30, 2019
- 1 min
Veteran, 97, parachutes again over Arnhem
In a recent commemoration in The Netherlands, around 1500 people took part in a mass parachute drop, including a 97-year-old Arnhem...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Sep 24, 2019
- 1 min
“I feel so pumped up to be going back there...”
Says Ernie Wiles, a WWII veteran and member of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, one of hundreds of young men dropped into...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
The Boot of Remembrance
IOFF’s Karen Hunter received the Boot of Remembrance pin on Friday when she dropped by Guelph Legion’s Branch 234 to congratulate the...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Aug 26, 2019
- 1 min
Experience Nijmegen's Sunset March tradition
At sunset on Apr. 30th 2020, we’ll walk at a slow march over the bridge that marks the exact place where allied soldiers crossed the...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Aug 19, 2019
- 1 min
"I'm just so darn grateful..."
IOFF organizer, Karen Hunter, was honoured to meet WWII veteran, Don White, at Toronto’s Warriors’ Day Parade on Saturday. Don recently...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
- Aug 15, 2019
- 1 min
Meet IOFF's organizer Karen at The Warriors' Day Parade!
This Saturday (August 17th), meet Karen Hunter at this special 98th D-Day edition of The Warriors’ Day Parade in Toronto! She's happy to...
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