Second World War veteran Art Boon comes out of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 8 in Stratford, Ont., on his way to a meeting at city hall on April 30, 2015. Art Boon's son - Avon Maitland District School Board history teacher Rick Boon - was refused time off to accompany his father to Holland to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of that country. (Ernest Doroszuk/Postmedia Network)
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