Dear Editor:
Congratulations to the Advertiser on giving such caring attention to May 5, the day when the Canadian Forces freed Holland in the Second World War.
COVID-19 could not stop the Wellington Advertiser promoting this important day!
The cover photo of the adorable child placing a bouquet of tulips at the Drayton cenotaph, plus the article regarding the 2021 Tulip Festival in Mapleton next year and not forgetting the very interesting background story of the connection our local MP Michael Chong has with Holland – all these showed readers some real hometown local connections to the 75th anniversary of the day Canadian Forces liberated the Netherlands.
As a Dutch emigrant and also a veteran, it did my heart good to read it all – and I even read it twice!
I am sure there were other Dutch Canadians who really were happy to see the coverage you gave to this date on their behalf, and I also thank you.
We will all be looking forward to next year’s celebrations! And then we can also celebrate the absence of COVID-19.
Sytske Drijber,
Rockwood