With a sturdy beret on his head, one of the youngest attendees at the commemoration of the dead in Eemnes laid flowers at the Freedom Monument at the Plantsoen.© Photo Studio Kastermans/Alexander Marks
Scouts help Mayor Mark Röell van Baarn and VVD councilor Suzanne Oortman Gerlings – van Hal lay the first wreath at the memorial at Baarn station. © Photo Caspar Huurdeman
Greetje van Benthem – Aartsen (88) lost her father Gerrit Aartsen (38). He was a Red Cross soldier and died on May 11, 1940, the second day of the war. Together with her daughter Angeli van de Weijde, she talked about her memories during the Remembrance Day ceremony in Baarn.© Photo Caspar Huurdeman
Prior to the commemoration ceremony on Prins Bernhardplein, Mayor Niek Meijer also laid a wreath at the resistance monument in the Warandepark.© Photo Casper Bunschoten
It was busy at the commemoration of the dead on the Prins Bernhardplein in Huizen.© Photo Casper Bunschoten
To the sounds of two bagpipers, visitors to the commemoration of the dead in Laren walked from the monument on the Drift to the Brink, where the traditional wreath laying ceremony took place.© Photo Studio Kastermans/Danielle van Coevorden
Alexander Gate
Yesterday at 11:00 PM
Hilversum
The organizers of the commemoration of death looked at rain radar with fear and trembling. Exactly between seven and nine o’clock it looked like some huge downpours were going to hit the region.
Fortunately, in the end it all went well8 and all ceremonies were able to continue without any problems. Moreover, most people had been wise enough to bring or put on an umbrella or other rain protection.
Of course there was some noticeable rain here and there. For example, one of the gas burners next to the monument in the rosarium in Hilversum had to be relit repeatedly. And there were some disturbed looks as the rain ran from one person’s umbrella into another’s collar. But the Taptoe sounded everywhere and the two minutes of silence ended with the Wilhelmus and of course the wreath laying.
