Seven veterans present during the 73rd Airborne March
The gentlemen will be brought to Oosterbeek by the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans with London cabs
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Outdoor exhibition Arnhem Boys at the Airborne Museum
Arnhem Boys is a unique compilation of testimonies of the last living witnesses of the Battle of Arnhem. The name of the project Arnhem Boys, not only connects this group of veterans, but also shows how young most of them were when they went to Arnhem
Arrival not as planned but she's here: the Horsa Assault Glider
The municipality of Renkum was ready, around 21:00 hours all waiting on the arrival of the Horsa, camera's ready, sitting on a terrace or walking around, the Mayer was ready, the fields next to The Needle and in front of the Airborne Museum were full of people who were invited to witness this unique event, or became aware of it. They saw the wing-parts arrive, but not the Horsa itself and it was half past two before anyone did
Two unique shirts in remembrance of the Horsa Assault glider in Oosterbeek
Update: Horsa shirts now available in the webshop
Prince Charles and Princess Beatrix present at Airborne commemorations
At the fiftieth anniversary Prince Charles jumped from a plane himself at the Ginkel Heath in Ede. It is not to be expected that he will do so again this time, spokesmen said
Much more visitors Airborne at the Bridge, Arnhem than expected
Of all visitors in 2019, 40% came from the Netherlands. Of the remaining 60%, Airborne at the Bridge was the most visited by people from the United Kingdom, Germany, America and Belgium
First shirt Flight for Freedom: ode to the Horsa glider presented
A shirt in honour of the Horsa glider, do you want to win one? You might, if you have the correct answer to the question!
Special Airborne-arch for the 75th commemoration of Market Garden
The blue sky in the picture nicely matches the sky as we would like to see during the Airborne March, the 73rd this year. Veterans wave to paratroopers who jumped from a Dakota, beautiful photos of photographer Arjan Vrieze and caught in this design by Roger Beets
Real-size Horsa glider arrived in The Netherlands
It will be re-assembled, under cover, for public display in September in front of the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek from the start of the Airborne March till after the 75th commemorations in September. Afterwards the Horsa will be dismantled for a second road move to its final destination
Airborne Museum closes for at least five months for refurbishment
In 1944 Hartenstein served as headquarters for the British airborne troops. During the lost battle of Arnhem heavy damage was done. The last war damage is just restored over the past year at the on Tuesday finished restoration of buildings and park
Expo The Network extended and special diaries in Airborne Museum
Major Hibbert escaped from the Germans when he was captured, he got help from the Dutch resistance and he managed to cross The Rhine during Operation Pegasus I in October 1944
The resistance played a major role during the Battle of Arnhem
"Some groups were nationally controlled by the National armed resistance groups or the Domestic armed Forces. Separately the groups committed smaller acts of resistance, which, together, led to major actions in a large area.”
The Liberty festival, Foulkes Festival and the parade on May 5th
Images of the festival, the re-enactment on the Foulkes Terrain and the Parade where veterans were cheered and honoured
From commemorate, to celebrate by lighting the Fire of Liberation
The fire will be lit at 12:00, the starting-point of all the celebrating till 24:00. And The Netherlands is for 12 hours a country who, after they remembered all the fallen, kept 2 minutes of silence with them in their minds during their Remembrance of the Death on the 4th, turn in a celebrating, dancing, singing, country, like they do every year, thankful as always, not one area excluded
Veteran Kenneth Mayhew brings the Fire of Liberation to main-stage
The Dutch government decided that Kenneth Mayhew should be awarded a higher honour than the British Government suggested. On 24 April 1946, by Royal Decree, Mayhew was knighted by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, receiving the Knight fourth class of the Military William Order
Flower Children from 1945 wanted for 75th Memorial Service in Oosterbeek
It was September 1945 when the battle of Arnhem was commemorated for the first time. During the memorial service on the Airborne cemetery in Oosterbeek about 1200 school children laid flowers on the graves of the fallen soldiers during that battle
The Lancaster PA474 heavy bomber flies over The Netherlands May 4th
As far as known, there are still 17 Lancasters remaining and 2 of them still fly. One of them is in the possession of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flights. On May 4th, this legendary plane makes a memorial flight over The Netherlands
British veteran Ray Lords takes the fire of liberation to Wageningen
The fire will go to numerous cities and villages throughout The Netherlands by runners with torches. They will run in groups, some groups have to run all night and make many miles before the fire arrives in their town
Commotion new monument Dreyeroord: they forgot about the gliderpilots
Not the monument, but the design of it provides a lot of commotion on social media and the comments are not kind. A monument in memory is well received: a great idea, but why aren't the right people, honoured in the right way?
Poem about a light on every grave Christmas Eve Airborne Cemetery
The village-poet Sander Essers was asked to write a poem for the initiative to let a candle burn on every war grave and he did, in Dutch but so touching we asked him for a translation