Board of the Airborne March is looking for alternatives to the 74th March
The Airborne March in the regular form, so with about 30,000 people who walk around a few square kilometres in a few hours, will not happen this year, but the organisation does not give up hope and is looking for alternatives
The Liberation parade on May 5th in Wageningen will continue
"With regard to the parade, the Ministry of Defence has made new agreements, which, together with the other support agreements, have been laid down in a covenant. The agreements are being reviewed in response to the concerns that have arisen about the future of the parade. Starting point is that the parade will take place annually with support of the Ministry of Defence."
Walk along and see the candelight's burn at the Airborne Cemetery Oosterbeek
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Walk along with Jaap's camera and see all graves lit in a soft candlelight
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Candles on all war graves at the Airborne Cemetery in Oosterbeek are lit!
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Very quietly this afternoon the foundation members and their families provided the nearly 1800 war graves in Oosterbeek with a candle light for Christmas
Brexit dilemma CWGC staff oversees: Get back or have your income halved
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"To be given just three weeks’ notice to making life changing decisions on whether to uproot our lives and that of our families in the middle of a global pandemic when jobs are scarce is terrifying. So is accepting losing up to half of our income. We are desperate." Help them out en get to the petition
British and Polish veterans receive a Dutch Christmas greeting
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Most veterans living in England receive their Christmas card along with a Christmas surprise from the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans
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Candlelights on wargraves Oosterbeek canceled due to Covid-19
The municipality doesn't give the organization a permit which is needed for an event like this, due to Covid-19 which already spoiled a lot of things this year
Royal British Legion Holland Branch. Remembrance Sunday 2020
Remembrance Sunday was held last Sunday, due to corona. You can watch the service here, lest we forget
White crosses glued to WW2 monuments in the Arnhem Area
The commemoration is greatly appreciated, but sticking the crosses to the monuments is not and people wonder who does this. The maker of the crosses says he was shocked when he found out his crosses are now sealed
No Renkum Airborne so no '40-'45 fashion show? Well, let's do it different
Wut!? No fashion show? Well....we'll see about that...
Airborne commermoration 2020, one flowerchild, lots of flowers
Tradition of WW2 vets giving pins to the flowerchildren restored by former Para Engineer Charlie McColgan
Arnhem veterans received a greeting from the Airborne Region mayors
“You are in our hearts forever, we will always remember you. Hopefully until next year ”, the mayors of Arnhem, Ede, Overbetuwe and Renkum wrote in the booklet
- - - — V for Victory. Children sprinkle marigolds in Oosterbeek
As a sign of silent resistance, many bright orange marigolds were sown in the Dutch front garden during WW II. Now 15.000 marigolds have been scattered from the windows on the steps of the town hall and seeds are sprinkled with the flowers. Part of it will fall into the flower beds that are arranged on either side of the landing stairs in the form of the Morse code V for Victory
Parachute Group Holland remembers Market Garden at Wolfheze
Church-bells ring throughout Renkum to remember the Wolfheze bombing
Sunday morning, September 17, 1944. There is a threat in the air. The threat culminates in a carpet of bombs on the village at 11:41 a.m. that morning, in the run-up to the airborne landings of Operation Market Garden
The 76th Airborne Commeroration Oosterbeek held without public
The memorial service will this time only be attended by representatives such as the ambassadors of Poland, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the USA, the Commissioner of the King and Mayors of the Airborne Municipalities. The army is represented by the commanders of the Polish Airborne Brigade, the British Parachute Regiment and the Dutch 11th Airmobile Brigade. Prior to the memorial weekend, all graves will be provided with a flower with a Poppy card with a personal greeting from a schoolchild on it, so that during the memorial service all graves are provided with a flower with a personal greeting from a schoolchild
Mayors Airborne Region open Airborne season together in front of Airborne Museum
Mayor Agnes Schaap of Renkum: "In this way we show how The Battle of Arnhem has left deep marks in our region between the 17th and the 25th of September 1944. But it seems the Battle of Arnhem is getting more and more important to our citizens. Market Garden has become part of our DNA."
No March this year but a September without the Airborne-arch? No way!
Due to corona, the Airborne March cannot take place this year, but a September without Airborne-arch, that's too much. The Airborne flags are hoisting all over the municipality and the arch is part of that overall feeling the Dutch people have to remember those days in September 1944. Corona or not, it's just something that needs to be done
No drops Pathfinder Parachute Group in The Netherlands during Airborne Commemorations
They have tried to be able to jump this year with the round canopies like they used during WW2. It's something many members look forward to every year just like the Dutch citizens who enjoy it all from the ground
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
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
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
Liberty Day 2020: stay at home throwback, Liberty Festival 2019
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
Liberty Day 2020: stay at home throwback, Liberation Parade 2018
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