of War Child Canada. Beyond celebrating the tulip as a symbol of beauty and friendship, the Canadian Tulip Festival, through Celebridée, aims to present some of the most brilliant thinkers of our time speaking about ideas that matter. Celebridée continued to grow since its inception in 2007. 2008's speakers included Sir Salman Rushdie, Wired Magazine's Chris Anderson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond, and pianist Angela Hewitt. 2019: Present: Re-Rooted In 2019, the festival once again changed leadership and management, into the hands of a younger board and management team. The goal of this most recent team is to Re-Root the festival in its history and horticulture. The festival has been returned to a single-site at Commissioners Park, with a Veterans Day Ceremony at Beechwood National Military Cemetery. In 2020, the planned celebrations for the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands had to pivot to a Virtual Experience, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Festival once again put forth a stunning display of horticulture including the use of aerial photography and 360-degree image capture of hundreds of breeds of tulips. Official Sites Commissioners Park – Dow's Lake Beechwood National Military Cemetery Attraction Sites National Gallery of Canada Royal Canadian Mint Library and Archives Canada Canadian War Museum Themes 1994: A Tribute to the Origin Country of the Tulip - Turkey 1995: The Friendship That Flowered - 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands 1996: Floral Tribute to Nice 1997: Floral Artistry of Japan 1998: A Celebration of Canada's Provinces and Territories 1999: Between Friends 2000: Tulips 2000: A Capital Celebration! 2001: Tulips Forever! A Salute to Britain 2002: Tulipmania! 50th Anniversary 2003: G'day Australia – Tulips Down Under 2004: Canada's Tulip Experience 2005: A Celebration of Peace and Friendship 2006: Tulips 2006 – World Flower Rendezvous! 2007: "CelebrIDÉE A Celebration of Ideas" inaugural year 2008: Where Ideas Bloom 2009: The Tulip Route 2010: "Liberation" - The 65th anniversary of the liberation of Europe 2011: "Kaleidoscope" - A celebration of Spring awakening through colour, culture and community 2012: The Festival celebrates its 60th anniversary with “60 years of Tulip Friendship”. 2013: “Cirque de Liberation” 2014: “Floral Extravaganza” 2015: “Tulip Liberation” celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland through colour, culture and community! 2016: "Urban Tulip" - at Aberdeen Pavilion 2017: “One Tulip – One Canada” The Festival's 65th edition takes place