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Her Excellency to Participate in Virtual Commemorative Ceremony to Mark the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and Victory in Europe Day
News Release – May 7, 2020
OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, will participate in a virtual commemorative ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and Victory in Europe (VE) Day, on Friday, May 8, 2020, at 12:45 p.m.
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Transcript of the Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada’s Video Message to Mark the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and Victory in Europe Day
Message – May 7, 2020
OTTAWA—It had lasted for 5 long years of rationing and misery, but in the spring of 1945, following the advances of the Allies, everyone was finally seeing the end of the Second World War. The news of the German surrender spread on the 8th of May 1945, and everywhere, people took to the streets in a...