Ambassador pays official visit to Zeeland

Ambassador Hoekstra and Mrs. Diane Hoekstra traveled to Zeeland on April 2 and 3 for an official visit to the province. They were greeted by King’s Commissioner Han Polman. Ambassador Hoekstra then gave the Roosevelt Lecture at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies, followed by a dinner with students from University College Roosevelt and Ostrea Lyceum in ... Read More»

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

Unveiling of a new bronze bust of Eleanor Roosevelt in Middelburg

On August 6, 2018, Laura and Trudy Roosevelt, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, unveiled a bronze bust of Laura’s grandmother Eleanor Roosevelt in the Abbey of Middelburg to mark the seventieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights. The province of Zeeland wanted the bust to be placed in the ... Read More»

By | 7 August, 2018 | Topics: Art & Culture, Culture, Events, Featured Event, History, News, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: , ,

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