National Day of Remembrance of the Dead is the second of outstanding, worth describing, national "holidays," the Netherlands. On Nationale Dodenherdenking Dutch society and the military says civilians who have died since the outbreak of the Second World War (remember that this is the Dutch May 10, 1940) in wars and in peacekeeping operations, both within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as and around the world *.
Dodenherdenking Nationale is celebrated on May 4 and precedes the Liberation Day ( Bevrijdingsdag - the liberation of Holland from German occupation.) While Bevrijdingsdag a day free from work, it Nationale Dodenherdenking is a normal working day, and the real celebration begins in the evening. On this day, from 18:00 to sunset, the flags are lowered to half mast.
Remembering the dead takes place on the Dam Square in Amsterdam, where there is Nationaal Monument - a monument commemorating the liberation of the city from German occupation in 1944. Attending groups The ceremony royal members Government and military leaders, representatives of the Dutch resistance movement and other social groups. Everything is done according to a fixed formula. The ceremony begins at 18.55 in the Dam Square located at Nieuwe Kerk church , which meets the above-mentioned group of people. The Nieuwe Kerk is spewed czwartomajowe reading. At 19.50 the queen leaves the church (with the ceremony can be seen on public television) and surrounded by his family, several politicians and military wysokopostawionych, goes to the monument on the Dam Square. At the monument to a member of the National Committee of the 4th i 5-tego Maja wygłasza następujący text:
"During the National Memorial commemorating all of us - civilians and military - in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or anywhere in the world have been killed since the outbreak of World War II, in war and in peace operations. All the memories of it come together during the National Remembrance. For eight hours it is everywhere in the Netherlands, two minutes silence. Two minutes, which we realize that we are at liberty two minutes silence can and should be. commemoration to all who perished, put Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange the first wreath at the Monument. "
What does it mean in a free translation:
"During the National Day of Remembrance of the Dead remember everyone - civilians and military - who died in the Netherlands or world since the Second World War, the wars and during peace operations. All the memories of these events are united in the Remembrance Day of the Dead. At eight o'clock the entire Netherlands for two minutes in silence descends. Two minutes, during which we are aware of of that we feel free in two minutes of silence, we can afford. In memory of all the dead shall Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, first wien iec at the Monument National. "
Then the Queen and Crown Prince placed a wreath on behalf of all citizens of the Netherlands. Signal " Tapto " play the trumpet and beating the clock in the Nieuwe Kerk signal the beginning of the silence. All in the Netherlands dies every two minutes. After the silence is played out Wilhelmus - Dutch national anthem, sung by all collected in the square. Followed by a speech about the importance of May 4 and will be submitted next wreaths by the government, parliament, the Dutch armed forces, the resistance movement and other organizations and social groups. Every year, organized a competition for high school students to write a poem related to the subject Dodenherdenking - winning poem is read during the ceremony. At the end of lay flowers at the monument to children from local schools. Queen departs from the monument, which now approaches everyone and can make a flower.
Celebration of the feast I was able to watch two times - the last and the current year. In the last year occurred during the celebration incident. Within two minutes of silence on Dam Square, one man began to scream horribly, and another shouted "bomb, bomb, run away." Someone else dropped the suitcase, which, as it turned out, were personal belongings. All this caused a panic among the gathered crowd of people who have had an attack in the memory of the Queen's Day celebrations from the previous year. People started to run, push and trample on others on the road. The royal family was immediately escorted to a safe place. After learning the situation, the ceremony was completed according to plan. This whole event turned out to be a sick joke (drunken man), resulting in the injury suffered 63 persons. The perpetrators were arrested by the police.
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* For 1961, only spoke Dutch, who died during the Second World War.
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