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Flag raising notes birth of Dutch princess
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Skeena - Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen, far left, stands with others underneath a Dutch flag raised on Parliament Hill Jan. 18, 2013 to note birthday of Dutch princess.
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SMITHERS - In recognition of SkeenaBulkley Valley’s many Dutch-heritage constituents, MP Nathan Cullen attended a ceremonial flag-raising on Parliament Hill Jan. 18 marking the Ottawa birth 70 years ago of Princess Magriet of the Netherlands The princess was born on Jan. 19, 1943 at Ottawa Civic Hospital. Her room was granted extraterritoriality so the princess could be granted Dutch nationality. The birth was celebrated by hoisting the Dutch flag on the Peace Tower, the first and only time in Canadian history a foreign flag has flown from the iconic tower. “Canada and Holland have a truly remarkable friendship,” said Cullen. “Today’s celebration marks the strength of our friendship, in war and in peace, which is demonstrated every day in the international cooperation our countries enjoy. “The flow of Dutch immigrants to Canada after World War II brought enormous contributions to this country,” Cullen said. He noted that many communities in SkeenaBulkley Valley have strong Dutch populations, making today’s ceremony especially meaningful for him. Cullen was joined at this morning’s flag ceremony by other MPs and Dutch embassy officials and citizens. Princess Margriet paid an official visit to Canada in May 2010 for the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands by the Canadian troops. In 1945, the Dutch royal family sent 100,000 tulip bulbs to Ottawa in gratitude for Canadians having sheltered Princess Juliana and her daughters, one of whom was Pricess Margriet, for the preceding three years during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, in the Second World War. In 1946, Juliana sent another 20,500 bulbs requesting that a display be created for the hospital in which Margriet was born, and promised to send 10,000 more bulbs each year.
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