2023 - National Commemoration of the 1953 Flood Disaster
01.02
10:45 - 11:45
Every year on February 1st, we gather at the Flood Museum to remember the victims of the Flood of 1953. At the Gust Romijn monument, we reflect on those fearful and sorrowful times and the people who did not survive.
The National Commemoration in 2023, 70 years after the flood disaster, focused on remembering and looking ahead. It was a moment to honor the victims from the past and to reflect on how we can prevent such a disaster from happening again in the future.
Program
- 10:45 AM: Oosterlands Fanfare plays hymn music
- 11:00 AM: Herdenkingsplechtigheid met de volgende onderdelen:
- Welcome and program announcement by the master of ceremonies
- Speech by Mayor J. Chr. van der Hoek
- Speech by Minister M. G. .J. Harbers (Infrastructure and Water Management)
- Speech by Fay de Waal, children's mayor of Schouwen-Duiveland
- Contribution from survivors Mina Verton and Piet Vreeswijk
- Playing of the Last Post
- One minute of silence
- Singing verses 1 and 6 of the Dutch national anthem, the Wilhelmus
- Wreath laying
- Completion of the flower project by (primary) school students and volunteers from the Flood Museum
- 11:45 AM: End of ceremony.
