<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=utf-8"></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="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><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>On Christmas Eve, Dutch children place candles on the graves of Canadians lying in the war cemeteries at Holten and Groesbek</div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; color: rgb(54, 55, 55); line-height: 26px;">I was in Normandy on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. I met many Dutch and Belgian people who came to welcome the Canadian veterans to Juno Beach. Many wore old army uniforms.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; color: rgb(54, 55, 55); line-height: 26px;">One young family were entirely decked out in the Fort Garry Horse regiment kit.</p><blockquote style="border-left-width: 4px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(0, 124, 137); margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px; color: rgb(54, 55, 55); line-height: 26px;">“Why are you wearing Fort Garry Horse memorabilia?” I asked.<br>They looked at me with surprise. To them, it was obvious.<br>“The men of the Fort Garry Horse freed our village. We will always honour them.”</p></blockquote><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="1456" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/8cf17124-a69b-4509-a6b7-e1814f9c7bd1?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>