Memorials Liberation Berlage Bridge
Vrijheidslaan, Amsterdam
North Holland, Netherlands, the
On the Berlage bridge is a plaque commemorating the liberation of Amsterdam. Text on the Plaque: [i]THE FIRST ALLIED LIBERATORS WHO ON 7 MAY ALONG THIS BRIDGE ENTERED AMSTERDAM, BELONGED TO THE BRITISH 49th W.R. RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENT. ON 8 MAY FOLLOWED BY THE CANADIAN FORCES.[/i] Another plaque was donated by Canadian soldiers: Text on the plaque: [i]THIS PLAQUE IS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM BY CANADIAN SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN THE NETHERLANDS TO COMMEMORATE THE LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS AND IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY EXTENDED BY THE DUTCH PEOPLE TO THE CANADIAN FORCES. 1944 - 45.[/i]
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