Every five years the National Committee 4 and 5 May determines a theme.
For 2006-2010 the theme is: “Freedom you make together”.
In 2009 the sub-theme is: “Freedom and identity”.
The background is, that thoughts about your identity, can affect the freedom of someone else as well in your private life as nation wide.
Not only the war victims of the World War II are commemorated but also the war victims who died in the whole Royal Kingdom, or wherever in the world, from the break out of WWII in war situations or peace missions.
Mr. Thomas Dres - chairman of the "Foundation 4 May Commemoration Prinsesselaan Utrecht" from the eighties on -, took this theme up in his speech, at the beginning of the commemoration of the 50 Utrecht victims of World War II, at the "Field on Honour" Prinsesselaan at the R.K. Cementary St Barbara.
Among the guests, merely relatives of the victims, was among others also the Mayor of Utrecht, Aleid Wolfsen, the alderman Harry Bosch, and last but certainly not least, the former Bishop of Rotterdam (1983 -13.3.1993), Mgr. Philppe Bär.
A grand daughter of one of the war victims told a story about her grandfather H. de Mari.
After that a wreath was layed on behalf of the local government by the mayor and the alderman.
One wreath was layed on behalf of the “Foundation 4 May" and further flowers from other present people concerned.
After "The Last Post" the city poet Ingmar Heytze read a poem with reference to the war.
In 2009 the sub-theme is: “Freedom and identity”.
The background is, that thoughts about your identity, can affect the freedom of someone else as well in your private life as nation wide.
Not only the war victims of the World War II are commemorated but also the war victims who died in the whole Royal Kingdom, or wherever in the world, from the break out of WWII in war situations or peace missions.
Mr. Thomas Dres - chairman of the "Foundation 4 May Commemoration Prinsesselaan Utrecht" from the eighties on -, took this theme up in his speech, at the beginning of the commemoration of the 50 Utrecht victims of World War II, at the "Field on Honour" Prinsesselaan at the R.K. Cementary St Barbara.
Among the guests, merely relatives of the victims, was among others also the Mayor of Utrecht, Aleid Wolfsen, the alderman Harry Bosch, and last but certainly not least, the former Bishop of Rotterdam (1983 -13.3.1993), Mgr. Philppe Bär.
A grand daughter of one of the war victims told a story about her grandfather H. de Mari.
After that a wreath was layed on behalf of the local government by the mayor and the alderman.
One wreath was layed on behalf of the “Foundation 4 May" and further flowers from other present people concerned.
After "The Last Post" the city poet Ingmar Heytze read a poem with reference to the war.
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