May 4 and 5

Each year we remember our dead of WWII and in other wars and peacekeeping missions on May 4th. We hang our flag half mast all day. And so we did yesterday. We also watched on TV the ceremony on the Dam (Amsterdam) with the King and Queen.

Not that the Dutch TV made it easy for us. You always can watch everything through NPO. It doesn't matter if it is LIVE or 'uitzending gemist'. But when you want to watch the Remembrance ceremony live, all of a sudden you're not allowed to because of your region. So just a couple of seconds before 8pm NL time i found it on YouTube as well. Next year we will be prepared and watch it with oir VPN turned on.

Today we celebrate Liberation Day (Dutch: Bevrijdingsdag) to mark the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II. Our Dutch flag flies proudly.

Wish our Dutch readers a beautiful Liberation Day and hopefully next year all the festivities are back again as well.

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comments:

Patricia Charles

May 5, 2021

from Clarksville, VA



Happy Dutch Liberation Day!
Martijn Broeders

May 5, 2021

Thank You!!
Richard Flapper

May 6, 2021

from Den Haag



Was a tad cold yesterday but we went out to see if there was any celebrations. Not many. The only exception was the prime minister having a speech in the Kunst Museum. Today is Pietro’s first birthday! Birthday boy is being spoiled today! 😊
Eveline Broeders-Wilke

May 7, 2021

Happy birthday Pietro. Already 1 year!!! Hugs and kisses from us.
Wim

May 6, 2021

Prachtig dat jullie bevrijdingsdag ook vieren. Bij ons in net dorp hangen als herinnering allemaal foto’s van omgekomen Canadese en Amerikaanse militairen. Dankzij hun kunnen we hier in vrijheid leven en dat zullen we nooit vergeten.
Eveline Broeders-Wilke

May 7, 2021

En zo is dat! Wat een mooi gebaar om de oud strijders zo te eren!