Hello again Rene:
Please find the following story of a very lovely legion gentleman who, loves jazz, has tulips about to bloom in his garden and is very much  looking forward to your concert on June 10th!
Sandi Paterson, RC Legion executive  Branch 277, Squamish

March 30, 2005
I am Doug Fenton and I am an eighty three year old vet. I was a private in the Canadian Scottish Regiment based in Victoria, BC. During the war, I spent  several memorable weeks in Holland and two even more memorable weeks in Holland after the Armistice was signed! Once our regiment crossed into Holland, we were stationed in and around
the city of Nijmegen. Although some of the northwest had been secured,  there was still much to accomplish. To our horror, whenever the  “Hollanders” as we were told to call the people, (so as not to confuse the word Dutch with Deutch), saw us, they were so glad, they would come out of hiding. Without an interpreter with us, we desperately tried, usually with excited hand gestures, to convince them that the war was not over and they must go back into hiding . Although they did not have much to share, the Hollanders shared whatever they could spare. We welcomed a little food and the  accommodation of a warm bed of hay in a barn. We later crossed into Germany and went north towards a synthetic gas plant in Emmerich. It was very hard for us there and we had no food for three days. While I was still in Germany, the Armistice was signed. Soon we returned to Holland into a small northern village. Once again, when the Hollanders saw us, they were very happy and extremely excited! Families generously took us in ( about 6 soldiers per household) and accommodated our  entire battalion this way for about two weeks! I will
never forget their generosity. War is like having the devil on your back twenty four hours a day. There is no Sunday but seeing the gratefulness on the Hollanders’ faces was one of the few good memories I have of that war. I look forward to seeing the Tulip Friendship Tour in Squamish - what a  wonderful project to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Holland!