Well I met Peter and Marie Sawatzky yesterday at the St. James Legion Branch #4. Marie, 85, is a war bride. She met Peter,89, in her home country of Holland, at the end of the Second World War. He was waiting to be shipped home after two years of fighting in Italy and Holland. They met and fell in love, "like in a movie" she says, in her adorable Dutch accent. They will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary in January. And every year they carry flags in Remembrance Day parades and visit schools to tell the children about war; so that new generations of Canadians don't forget. I won't forget them. And Remembrance Day will always be a little more special for me because of them.
Thank you Peter and Marie Sawatzky.
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