maandag 4 mei 2015

Remembrance Day

May 4th is the National Remembrance Day for the victims of WWII in the Netherlands. Tonight the King and Queen will attend the commemoration ceremony at Dam Square in Amsterdam and will lay a wreath at this national  monument. It had to be cleaned for the occasion a few weeks ago.

12 opmerkingen:

  1. Now I understand why our Prime minister is in Holland. I didn't realize your memorial day was on the date the war ended.

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  2. Will you go to the ceremony Marianne? Beautiful memorial.

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  3. Lest we forget! Just a week ago, Australia celebrated 100 years of the landing in Gallipoli (Turkey).

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  4. I guess the event has already taken place by now. :-)

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  5. Een goede reden om het monument schoon te maken.

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  6. A wonderful monument for a very important remembrance.

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  7. Ik heb mijn beker nog van de 10e bevrijdingsdag feest (kleuter school). Die is mij heel wat waard.

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  8. Our Remembrance Day is November 11 - On the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour, we will remember you. This is a most outstanding monument.

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  9. A nice candid photo of an ordinary moment, when the memorial is getting cleaned up to remind all of those lives lost.

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  10. That fella must be cleaning it. Very nice memorial.

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