The flag is residence, they’re residence. With these phrases, Rotterdam businessman Bert Kreuk introduced the primary American D-Day Flag to then President Donald Trump in Washington. The flag arrived on Utah Seashore in Normandy eighty years in the past along with the primary American Allies. It didn’t return to the US till 75 years later. The particular second is central to the WNL documentary The Arrival of the Flag of D-Day, which might be broadcast tonight at 10:45 PM on NPO 2.
Kreuk, an avid artwork collector, and his uncle Theo Faculties managed to amass the particular object for half 1,000,000 euros. “The individuals who got here ashore right here did not ask should you had been Republican, Democrat, black or white,” Kreuk stated, whereas standing on the seaside of Normandy. “They got here ashore for all of us. They died for all of us. That’s the that means behind that flag.”
Seven million {dollars}
Kreuk might have bought the flag for some huge cash. At one level, seven million {dollars} had been provided for it. However the fanatic didn’t need the piece to finish up in a personal assortment. His purpose was to personally hand over the flag to the commander-in-chief of the military, then Donald Trump.
“I view the handing over of the flag as a donation to the American individuals, a symbolic reward for the liberation of the Netherlands,” says Kreuk. Initially, the Rotterdam resident hoped to donate the flag to Trump on the seventy fifth anniversary of the Battle of the Scheldt in Terneuzen in 1944. The previous president was unable to attend, so Kreuk determined to simply accept an invite from the White Home.
Trump thanked Kreuk extensively throughout the spectacular ceremony within the East Wing of the White Home. “Thanks for preserving our historical past and safeguarding the immortal legacy of our heroes of D-Day,” the ex-president stated. He winked: “This value some huge cash. You should be wealthy.”
In 2017, two Dutch businessmen purchased the American flag that was the primary to reach in Normandy on D-Day for half 1,000,000 euros. You may see the story of Bert Kreuk and Theo Schols, who need to return the D-Day flag to America, tonight at 10:45 PM on NPO 2.
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By: Michiel van Renselaar
