<Ul> <Li> The Canadian Tulip Festival, which claims to be the world's largest tulip festival, is a major event held annually each May in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . During World War II, the Dutch Royal Family took refuge in Canada . Princess Margriet of the Netherlands was born at Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1943, and the Canadian government declared the land to be extraterritorial . This was done to ensure that the princess would have solely Dutch citizenship . Every year since, Queen Juliana and the royal family after her death have sent tulip bulbs for the festival . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Canadian Tulip Festival, which claims to be the world's largest tulip festival, is a major event held annually each May in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . During World War II, the Dutch Royal Family took refuge in Canada . Princess Margriet of the Netherlands was born at Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1943, and the Canadian government declared the land to be extraterritorial . This was done to ensure that the princess would have solely Dutch citizenship . Every year since, Queen Juliana and the royal family after her death have sent tulip bulbs for the festival . </Li> <P> The tulip - festivals are being held in honour of the Dutch - American immigrants who brought the (then highly expensive) tulips to the Americas . </P> <Ul> <Li> The Tulip Festival of Albany, New York is set in Albany's historic Washington Park . Each year, this traditional Albany event greets spring with thousands of tulips blooming in a myriad of colors and varieties . Thousands from across the Capital District and beyond come to Tulip Fest each May to celebrate Albany's rich Dutch heritage . </Li> </Ul>

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