Dear Editor:
Congratulations to Michael Chong for his recent free letter to his constituents in this area. I hope you didn’t throw it away.
Look for the 2019 sedition and, if you happen to know some Dutch friends, quickly tell them to read page 2 of Michael’s letter and they will be ecstatic.
The short story is next May 5 will be the first “Dutch Heritage Day,” to be celebrated in Canada.
This day is celebrated in Holland because they were finally freed in 1945 – and it was by the Canadian soldiers. After years of Nazi domination, on May 5, they were free again! Now Canada will remember that happy day again too, with a country-wide celebration.
Maybe we will see a “klompen dans” and lots of “hopsasa,” as the Dutch let their hair down with joy and feel they can show Canada how much they appreciate this country!
We have waited a long time for this to come.
Sytske Drijber,
Rockwood