Remember Their Sacrifice
Commemorate our citizen soldiers every year with the gift of tulips in your gardens
In the final months of the Second World War, Canadian forces were given the important and deadly task of liberating the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. From September 1944 to April 1945, the First Canadian Army fought German forces on the Scheldt estuary — opening the port of Antwerp for Allied use — and then cleared northern and western Netherlands of Germans, allowing food and other relief to reach millions of desperate people. More than 7,600 Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen died fighting in the Netherlands. Today, the sacrifice of those citizen soldiers from across Canada is fondly remembered by the Dutch for ending their oppression under the Nazis.
Remember them with Tulips
After the war, the Dutch people and Princess Juliana expressed their thanks to Canada by sending thousands of tulip bulbs to the Capital. The Gift of Tulips became a yearly tradition. Every year, the Dutch Royal Family and the people of the Netherlands each send 10,000 bulbs to Ottawa.
Now you have to opportunity to share your remembrance with your very own tulips and support the ongoing efforts of the Lincoln & Welland Regiment Foundation at the same time. The Foundation has partnered with De Vroomen Bulb Canada to offer you packages of tulip bulbs that will be a beautiful permanent addition to any garden.