Bevrijdingsbos
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The Bevrijdingsbos is a forest
on the edge of the city of Groningen between the district Lewenborg
and the village of Garmerwolde in the Netherlands
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The forest was planted in 1995 to commemorate the 50th year of liberation of the Netherlands
by the Canadian Army in 1945. The forest is an acknowledgement and tribute to the Canadian armed forces who liberated Groningen in April 1945
.
The forest consists of 30.000 maple trees, of which the leaf is the national symbol of Canada
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In and next to the Bevrijdingsbos can be found the so called 'Plein van de Wereld' (Square of the World), an information sign, a memoriam bench and a monument
engraved with the names of the Canadian army units who liberated the city and forced out the Germans.
Through the forest runs a path with big stones from ten different countries. On these stepping stones are written the Ten fundamental rights of children
. The path ends with a stone which reads the eleventh right: The right of children to play outside freely and safely.
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
on the edge of the city of Groningen between the district Lewenborg
Lewenborg
Lewenborg is a green suburb in the east of the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. It had 8,800 residents as of 2008. Its construction began in 1971....
and the village of Garmerwolde in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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The forest was planted in 1995 to commemorate the 50th year of liberation of the Netherlands
Liberation Day (The Netherlands)
In the Netherlands, Liberation Day is celebrated each year on May 5th, to mark the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II....
by the Canadian Army in 1945. The forest is an acknowledgement and tribute to the Canadian armed forces who liberated Groningen in April 1945
Battle of Groningen
The Battle of Groningen took place during the final month of the Second World War, from April 13 to 16, 1945, in the city of Groningen between a mixture of German soldiers, Dutch and Belgian SS troops numbering 7,000 against the entire 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, though the whole division was...
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The forest consists of 30.000 maple trees, of which the leaf is the national symbol of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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In and next to the Bevrijdingsbos can be found the so called 'Plein van de Wereld' (Square of the World), an information sign, a memoriam bench and a monument
Monument
A monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or simply as an example of historic architecture...
engraved with the names of the Canadian army units who liberated the city and forced out the Germans.
Through the forest runs a path with big stones from ten different countries. On these stepping stones are written the Ten fundamental rights of children
Convention on the Rights of the Child
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children...
. The path ends with a stone which reads the eleventh right: The right of children to play outside freely and safely.