[BCMA] News Release: Veendam Sister City Association Seeks Second World War Veterans to Travel to Holland

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For Immediate Release
November 9, 2009


Veendam Sister City Association Seeks Second World War Veterans to Travel to Holland


Two Kelowna residents could be headed to Holland this May as guests of the City of Veendam for the sixty-fifth anniversary of Holland's liberation, May 5th, 1945.

Every year, the Veendam Sister City Association asks two Second World War veterans from the Kelowna area to travel to Holland for one week in anniversary of the liberation. The relationship between the two cities goes back to 1945 when the Kelowna-based B.C. Dragoons played an important role in liberating Holland from occupying German forces.

To qualify, you must be a Second World War veteran who served overseas, and you must be able to travel to Veendam for one week and partake in some of the city's ceremonies and festivities.

In recognition of the role Kelowna troops played in the liberation, the City of Veendam will organize and pay for the whole trip.

The Sister City Agreement between Kelowna and Veendam was made in 1980 and renewed in 2001.

For more information contact Ed Dickins, Past President of the Veendam Sister City Association, 250-762-6166.

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Media Contact:

Risti Lesperance
Marketing & Special Events Coordinator
Kelowna Museums
250-763-2417 ext 22
Events at KelownaMuseums.ca<mailto:Events at KelownaMuseums.ca>


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