Dutch flag flies at Riverside Veterans’ Memorial to honour liberation anniversary

By Medicine Hat News on May 6, 2025.

The flag of the Netherlands flies at Riverside Veteran's Memorial Park on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands by Canadian troops in the Second World War.-Supplied Image

@MedicineHatNews

Local members of the Dutch-Canadian Society marked the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and Victory in Europe Day on Monday with their annual wreath laying in Riverside Veterans’ Memorial Park in Medicine Hat.

The Dutch flag was also flown near the Cenotaph and brief commemoration observance was made.