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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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
Feb 17, 20201 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, 20201 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
Feb 6, 20201 min
Fred Arsenault loves mail...
Grab your stamps and let's send Fred a nice birthday card! This Canadian WWII veteran who was involved in the liberation of The...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
Feb 3, 20201 min
"Juno Beach"
A beautiful tribute to the Regina Rifle Regiment: a young Saskatchewan man's last thoughts before he dies on Juno Beach. "Juno Beach" by...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
Jan 6, 20201 min
Meet Garth, Poet Laureate of the Blackmud Creek
“I’m a WWII buff,” said Garth Ukrainetz in an email to IOFF last week. Born in Saskatchewan, he now lives in Edmonton and is the...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
Dec 23, 20191 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, 20191 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, 20191 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
Nov 1, 20191 min
Hollerado
The power of walking in our (grand)fathers’ footsteps! Thanks to Menno Versteeg of the Canadian indie rock band, Hollerado, for sharing...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
Oct 28, 20191 min
Liberation Babies
Between 4500 and 7000 Dutch war babies were born with Allied fathers following the liberation. Most of the fathers are Canadians. Bob...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
Oct 19, 20191 min
Veterans daughter organizes walk in Netherlands for 75th anniversary of Dutch liberation.
Karen Hunter says the entire event was created in the process of learning more about her father. Guelph resident Karen Hunter is rallying...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
Oct 17, 20191 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
Oct 7, 20191 min
“Take a guess,” said Don White...
“Take a guess,” said Don White (our famous tulip veteran) as we toured Ontario Regiment Museum where, at age 95, he volunteers on...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
Sep 30, 20191 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, 20191 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, 20191 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
Sep 9, 20191 min
From Guelph to the Netherlands: Pilgrimage planned to honour 75th anniversary of liberation
Guelph’s Karen Hunter is following in her late father’s footsteps next year and she expects to feel many, many things. “It’s hard to find...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
Sep 2, 20191 min
Bailey Bridge: an engineering marvel!
In March 1945, the Allies needed help. German and Italian armies had destroyed the bridges needed to cross the Rhine River to advance...
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In Our Fathers' Footsteps
Aug 26, 20191 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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