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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2005 THE NEW TANNER 13 DUTCH TREAT: Travelling to Holland for Liberation Day last May was a family af- fair for the Watsons of Acton. Katherine, 13 (left) and Jessica, (10) are members of the Georgetown Children's Choir that was on a performance tour, while Mom Jody chap- eroned, and dad John, and son Matthew went along for the fun. -- Submitted photo Poppy symbol of fallen soldiers During the Napoleonic Wars, the poppy drew at- tention as the mysterious flower that bloomed over the graves of fallen soldiers. In the 20" Century, the poppy again was widely noticed after soils in Frafice and Belgium became rich in lime from rubble. during the First World War. The little red flowers flourished around the graves of the war dead as they had 100 years earlier. In 1915, Guelph native John McCrae, a doctor serving with the Canadian Forces Artillery, recorded this phenomenon in his famous poem In Flanders Fields. Two days before the Ar- mistice, Moina Michael, SCIANT YOUR AL. CANAD HAN FAMILY IG STORE' - Lest We Forget © 12 Main Street, North,Acton an American woman from Athens, Georgia, read the McCrae poem and was inspired to wear a poppy year-round in memory of the war dead. In 1920, Madame E. Guerin.of. France visited the United States and hap- pened to meet Miss Michael at the YMCA at Columbia Continued on page 16 Acton youth honour Vets on trip to Holland... Continued from page 12 and had fun riding in an army jeep in a parade. Family Affair The trip was a family af- fair for the Watson family of Acton. Katherine, 13, and Jessica, 10 are choir members, and mom Jody was going as a chaperone. At the last min- ute, space opened up and dad John, and son Matthew, 12 were able to go. Both Watsons have Dutch heritage, and John Watson said it was the trip of a life- time, with the highlight a performance in a church in Niekerk on the eve of Libera- tion Day. "The children started to sing a Dutch folk song and there was absolute pandemonium -- the people rose as one and gave them a standing ovation as they started to sing this song. They couldn't believe these Canadian children had gone to the effort of learning a Dutch folk song and they drowned out the kids for the next 15 seconds -- demonium." Watson said at times they did not even try to control their emotions and unabash- edly let the tears stream down their cheeks. "When you are walking down the street in a parade in Appledoorn and people are screaming and yelling and clapping because you are Ca- nadian, it's hard to keep a stiff upper lip and not give in to the emotions -- it was amazing -8 we did not expect that sort of reception from people. It felt like they were saying 'your forefathers liberated us and we're willing to honour you in their place because they can't be here," Watson said on Sunday. Katherine Watson, 13, who remembers her grandfather telling her stories of dressing up asa girl to escape detection by the Germans while trying to find food for his family, said the trip made the sacrifices made for freedom very real. it was pan- eS These pages of Remembrance are brought to you courtesy of these Acton and area businesses "The Dutch people are so grateful. | thought pretty highly ofall of the veterans before, but the trip opened my eyes to how much the world would have changed if Hitler hadn't been stopped," Katherine said. Mom Jody Watson said actu- ally seeing where history was made changed how they-+iew peace. "We'd heard the stories that were passed down through the generations, but lot of things that we heard were from people that were actually there, that actually lived through it and that's totally different than reading about it," Jody Watson said. 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