“Many do, but the greatest appreciation is shown by the Dutch. Our war graves in the Netherlands are tended by schoolchildren.”
Nice, I couldn’t think of a classier way to show thanks.
Since WWII Canada has had very close relations with the Dutch. The Queen stayed in Ottawa during the Nazi occupation where she gave birth to one of her children; an Order-in-Council was issued declaring the delivery room to be Dutch soil. The friendship was cemented when Gen. Guy Simmonds booted the Nazis back to Germany. The Ottawa Tulip Festival was the result of Queen Juliana’s gratitude; all of the bulbs were a gift from the Dutch royal family.