PHILIPSBURG--The public is invited by government to attend the Remembrance Day ceremony on Captain Hodge Wharf today, Monday, at 9:00am. Governor Eugene Holiday, Parliament President Dr. Lloyd Richardson and Prime Minister Marcel Gumbs are slated to lay wreaths in remembrance of those who fought and died in World War II.
Government will again remember all those – civilians and soldiers – who have been killed or murdered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or anywhere else in the world in war or during peace-keeping operations since the outbreak of the World War II.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands marks Remembrance Day on May 4. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will be present for the Remembrance Day events in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Residents may visit website www.antillesatwar.com and go to the link "war victims" to find a list of names of persons from Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and some from the Netherlands who lost their lives during World War II in the Caribbean and elsewhere while sailing on various types of vessels or flying in an aircraft.
