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Winnipeg students commemorate VE-Day in the Netherlands

Grade 10 and 11 students from Winnipeg's St. John's-Ravenscourt spent the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day, in the Netherlands.

This year marks 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands and Victory in Europe Day

Grade 10 and 11 students from St. John's-Ravenscourt watch the VE-Day ceremony in the rain in the Netherlands. (Twitter)

Grade 10 and 11 students from Winnipeg's St. John's-Ravenscourt School spent the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, or VE-Day, in the Netherlands. 

This year, there were 800 Canadian students from across Canada attending the commemoration ceremony, marking May 5, 1945, as the final day of the Second World War in Europe.

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