Remembrance of the Dead

This May I got to celebrate the Rememberance of the dead with my family here in the Netherlands usually  around this time of year Im lighting candles to Celebrate the comemeration of the Netherlands but this year i went to a church near my house and layed a white rose infront of one of the many monument here in the Netherlands.

Here a small segment of what this day is and what happens on this day.

Remembrance of the Dead (Dutch: Dodenherdenking) is held annually on May 4 in the Netherlands. It commemorates all civilians and members of the armed forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands who have died in wars or peacekeeping missions since the outbreak of World War II.

Until 1961, the commemoration only related to the Dutch victims of World War II. Since 1961, the victims of other military conflicts (such as the Indonesian National Revolution in Indonesia) and peacekeeping missions (such as in Lebanon or Bosnia) are remembered on May 4 as well.
Traditionally, the main ceremonies are observed in Amsterdam at the National Monument on Dam Square. This ceremony is usually attended by members of the cabinet and the royal family, military leaders, representatives of the resistance movement and other social groups. At 8:00 p.m., two minutes of silence are observed throughout the Netherlands. Public transport is stopped, as well as all other traffic. Radio and TV only broadcast the ceremonies from 19.00 until 20.30. Since May 4, 1994, the flags, having hung at half-staff during the day, are then hoisted to the music of the "Wilhelmus", the Dutch national anthem. Since 2001 the new protocol says it is correct to let the flag hang half-staff.

Then On May 5th I sorta celebrated the Liberation but i really celebrated it on Sunday the 8 on  train that showed the history of the Oorlogsjaren.

In the Netherlands, Liberation Day (Dutch: Bevrijdingsdag) is celebrated each year on May 5th, to mark the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II.
The nation was liberated largely by Canadian troops, with the assistance of the British and American Armies (see Operation Market Garden) and French airborne (see Operation Amherst). On the 5th of May 1945, the Canadian General Charles Foulkes and the German Commander-in-Chief Johannes Blaskowitz reached an agreement on the capitulation of German forces in the Netherlands in Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen. One day later, the capitulation document was signed in the auditorium of Wageningen University, located next-door to the hotel.
After the liberation in 1945, Liberation Day was commemorated every 5 years. Finally, in 1990, the day was declared to be a national holiday, when the liberation would be commemorated and celebrated every year.

 

 

On Suday the 8th i went on a train ride the showed me certen event in the past.

Travel conducted almost litteral by the history. The visitor experiences how our country would be possible will have seen during the mobilisation of the Dutch army (on station Wognum), the German bezetting (station Twisk) and the release of the Netherlands by the Canadian and British army (station Opperdoes). Finally co-vendor to become of exuberant release festivals (Medemblik).