<html><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="ApplePlainTextBody" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="font-kerning: auto;"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="550" align="left"><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px; margin: 0px auto;"><div dir="auto" style="padding: 32px 0px 0px; line-height: 26px;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: initial; line-height: 26px; width: 550px; word-break: break-word; margin-bottom: 16px;"><div style="line-height: 26px; margin: 32px auto;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left" width="1362" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/ce028456-476f-472b-b37e-984af44ed364?j=eyJ1IjoiMmhpNWp4In0.mYtoKrthzDDBipfWK-mIOODaVrH2OJQbO2ZRSGW9P8A" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="padding: 0px; width: auto; height: auto; border: medium; text-decoration: none; display: block; margin: 0px;"></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; color: rgb(54, 55, 55); line-height: 26px;">On May 5, 1945, Canadian General Charles Foulkes accepted the surrender of the fascist forces at Wageningen. This isn't ancient history to the people of the Netherlands. The Dutch people have never forgotten the arbitrary arrests and killings of the Nazi occupation. They have passed down the stories of the horrific <i>Winter of Hunger</i> and the efforts of the allies to feed the starving people by air.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; color: rgb(54, 55, 55); line-height: 26px;">Our grandfathers and uncles were in the regiments that freed the Netherlands. It was brutal fighting that took place village by village, canal by canal. Many of our family members rest in those fields; their graves are still lovingly cared for by those who have never forgotten.</p><div style="line-height: 26px; margin: 32px auto;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" width="1174" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/dbb6f5e5-8ab6-464e-b88f-24f3e19ea088?j=eyJ1IjoiMmhpNWp4In0.mYtoKrthzDDBipfWK-mIOODaVrH2OJQbO2ZRSGW9P8A" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="padding: 0px; width: auto; height: auto; border: medium; text-decoration: none; display: block; margin: 0px;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>