Embassy Celebrates #75LiberationNL for Independence Day

Embassy Celebrates #75LiberationNL at Independence Day Reception

U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra hosted the celebration of the 243rd year of America’s independence at the John Adams Park in Wassenaar, the location of the U.S. Embassy in The Hague. We thank all our amazing sponsors for their generous donations. The reception celebrated the 75 years since the Liberation of the Netherlands, with World War ... Read More»

By | 3 July, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: ,

Crowds honor the memory of those who fought in Operation Market Garden

September 21-23 — Despite heavy rains, thousands showed up to pay their respects this weekend at events in honor of Operation Market Garden.  On Friday, Ambassador Hoekstra laid a wreath in Airborneplein in Arnhem to mark the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden. Thousands of Dutch came out to pay their respects ... Read More»

By | 23 September, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, Featured Event, History, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: ,

Ambassador Hoekstra receives the jump boots of 2nd Lt. Humphrey of the 82nd Airborne Division.

WWII jump boots recovered

In a short ceremony hosted by Ambassador Pete Hoekstra at the U.S. Embassy in The Hague, jump boots belonging to 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Humphrey were returned to the 82nd Airborne Division. Lt. Humphrey was killed in action in September 1944 during Operation Market Garden and was buried in Kansas City. His boots remained lost until ... Read More»

By | 23 May, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, Featured Event | Tags: , ,

Soldiers honor WWII tradition with Christmas Eve in the caves of Maastricht

  Soliders from the U.S. Army participated in the annual mass honoring the Christmas Eve Mass celebrated by American soldiers in 1944. For the second year, CDA Shawn Crowley and his wife Sabine represented the U. States Mission. December 24th, 1944, the Dutch Brothers of the Immaculate Conception organized a Christmas Eve Mass in the ... Read More»

By | 24 December, 2017 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, Featured Event, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: , ,

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