Airborne Remembrance September 2020: We will always remember!
A strict invitation policy applies to all major commemorations (Arnhem, Ede, Driel and Oosterbeek); the memorial meeting can only be attended by invitation. An uninvited audience is asked to stay at home and will be banned around the location
Ronnie Weijers is the new director of the Airborne Museum as of September 1st
Ronnie Weijers is a veteran and currently working as Head of the Public Sector of the National Military Museum in Soesterberg
Five Second World War movies from the 40ties to watch here
Market Garden News (English)
On television you will not find these five films that were made in the 1940s, but on the internet and for those who think they know all the Second World War movies, have you seen these five?
Liberty Day 2020: stay at home throwback Liberty Parade 2019 uncut
Market Garden News (English)
Not all images make it into a video report, usually you put the camera down in the knowledge that a compilation is made with the images of your colleagues. On the Ritzema Bosweg in Wageningen, the last part of the Liberation parade, it is usually a bit quieter and if you stand in the middle of the road with your camera (well, usually) you get some nice images
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Liberty Day 2020: stay at home throwback, Liberty Festival 2019
Market Garden News (English)
Images of the festival, the re-enactment on the Foulkes Terrain and the Parade where veterans were cheered and honoured during the Liberty Festival in 2019
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Liberty Day 2020: stay at home throwback, Liberation Parade 2018
Market Garden News (English)
Liberty Day 2020 in The Netherlands is celebrated at home. Due to the coronavirus the Dutch people are inside their homes and so is everyone else who was about to visit our country for the celebration of 75 years of freedom. So let's reminisce the Liberation Parade 2018
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A beautiful pin or patch to remember the strangest Dutch liberation day ever
Lee Goodright would sell these pins and patches at the Freedom Festival in Wageningen at May 5th. That's not gonna happen, buy you are able to order them now!
Today, Hartenstein Oosterbeek is 155 years old, but there is no reason to celebrate
Today, April 25th, Hartenstein, Oosterbeek in The Netherlands is 155 years old but there is no reason for a celebration. The Airborne Museum which houses inside the Hartenstein is in trouble
Family finds American hand grenade while playing in natural park
75 years of freedom and we're locked inside, just like 'our' veterans
And now they are at home, inside, just as much in isolation as you and me, allright, maybe a little less or a little more, but you get the picture: 75 years of freedom and we're all locked up inside! Please think about them too these days
Second World War veterans return from The Netherlands a day early
Until we meet again...
Dutch TV station shows Travel in the Dark by army doctor Graeme Warrack
Graeme, a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps, kept a diary and wrote the book Travel by Dark lafter the war. In 1976 his book was made into a movie. As authentic as possible with German, English and Dutch actors. Since this weekend the entire film is to see online on the website of the NOS, A Dutch TV Station
Hiltje van Eck receives medal of merit from municipality of Ede
It is not so obvious, someone wants to talk about the war and will continue to remember it, which is highly appreciated by veterans and their relatives
For the third year on a row Airborne Museum establishes visitors record
The Museum in Oosterbeek, the Netherlands and the dependence Airborne at the Bridge in Arnhem received more than 155,000 visitors in 2019
In 1944, Sinterklaas was helped by the Canadian Army
Amerigo, the white horse which is Sinterklaas his normal transportation was, probably for safety reasons, still in Spain were they live. This, for the Canadian unknown tradition in The Netherlands was considered to be very important for the Dutch people in wartime. So they all just gave a hand to make the children happy
Nice video trow-back of the Renkum Airborne this year
Two days of Renkum Airborne in less than half an hour: the Spitfire, the laser show, the vehicles, activities, footage of the para droppings, including those from a para's helmet, the performances and the start of the Race to the Bridge, didn't miss a thing
Airborne Museum closes for renovation: mayor helps packing
Volunteers Gido Hordijk and Bart Bijl: "In 2009 we helped set up the displays on all floors in three weeks and now we have three days to pack all the collection pieces in a safe way for the upcoming renovation."
121 anti-tank grenades found during archery competition in Doorwerth
Seven WW2 explosives found on the bottem of the North Sea
During the investigation 850 suspicious objects were found on the seabed. Seven of them were found to be unexploded bombs
Token of appreciation for the people of Renkum and the Horsa Glider
Using the typical town hall, the projection was shown on specially composed music. A new unique way to feel the impact of the Battle of Arnhem to a wide audience. And that impact was felt. Many people saw the show several times and now it is for everyone to see. A good closing to the month of September
The commemorations of Operation Market Garden in 2019
Did you ever hear and see so many aircraft's going through our sky? They were also on Renkums soil: a Horsa Glider and a Spitfire. It was impossible to get everything in focus but in cooperation with Video-group the Veluwezoom In Beeld we have seen a lot and compiled a video
The Race to the Bridge 2019 on video
This year, because of the crowds associated with the 75th Airborne, there was no static display. Instead the procession drove past the museum towards the camp, which led to beautiful images
Foto's/photo's Race To The Bridge Oosterbeek 2019
Airborne remembrance: flowerchildren of 1945 and the child-mayor of Renkum
Unveiling monument RAF pilot David Lord VC Wolfheze, The Netherlands
Dutchman Teo van Middelkoop took the initiative for the monument. Niece Lucinda Lord who was present said it was a fitting tribute to David Lord and together with gliderpilot Ron Johnson she unveiled the big stone. Ron might be the only one alive who did not only knew Lord, he actually witnessed Lords heroic act for which he won the Victorian Cross
Marcouch, mayer of Arnhem apologises to veterans in Oosterbeek
When the remembrance service was over, Marcouch waited at four World War II veterans who were denied Friday. He really took the time to make the men a personal apology