A very special initiative. Members of the Dutch Veterans bikers Association adopted the Sunset Marches in April. Each and every day a member of this club of veterans and riders of motorbikes walks the Sunset March. On Saturday March 31 a mutual Sunset March of these veterans was held as start. On April 30 another mutual Sunset March will be held to fulfill this month’s requirement. Photos: Jacco van Mierlo
Sunset March Veterans, especially Kees Bleijerveld, Partners, and citizens of Nijmegen, Sergeant William (Bill) Emil Kero, 82nd Airborne Division 307 Engineer Battalion Co C, was killed in action on September 20th, 1944, during the liberation of Nijmegen, fighting for the freedom of future generations. The oldest of seven children, from an American (Saxon, Wisconsin) farming family of Finnish descent, who previously lost his mother when he was 14 years old, courageously fought alongside his fellow brothers in arms in the…
On October 18. the members of Team31 and some close friends of the Sunset March celebrated the fact that every night in the last three years a veteran walked the Sunset March. After the event Anja Adriaans, chair of the FAN Foundation(Friendship Albany – Nijmegen) and promotor of the Sunset March had a big surprise for us. The FAN Foundation Stichting FAN has made 100 numbered replicas of the 1947 memorial plate belonging to the Gavin family. We are very proud…
73 years after the famous and heroic Waalcrossing a Special Sunset March took place. The Chairman of the Committee 4-5 May, Gerdi Verbeet and the Chairman of the Foundation for Musea 40-45, Fred de Graaf walked in front. They were followed by Robert DeVinney an American veteran of 98 years old as “veteran of the day”. Despite his age Mr. DeVinney marched along in the sequence of the igniting 48 streetlights. Two daughters of general James Gavin were present as well. With…
At the conclusion of the Sunset March September 16, 2017 the “veteran of the day” Colonel Jon P. Beale meets Steve Morgan who is a veteran of the fighting at Arnhem Bridge. Together they joined in the short but impressive ceremony at the end of Sunset March. Steve Morgan was very emotional and expressed his sincere gratitude to Jon Beale for the sacrifice of the 48 soldiers by saying: They died for me! After the ceremony he laid a wreath…
DVBA has adopted the month April 2018 in the Sunset March schedule. This association will register a veteran, who is also a member of DVBA, for each day of that particular month. They will use a special code for their applications to walk the Sunset March. You are kindly requested to refrain from booking in April, 2018 to support this very special initiative.
Roy Hanna is one of the Waalcrossers veterans and celebrates today his 101st. birthday. Team Sunset March sends special congratulations.
August 12, 1942 the 82 Division has been renamed as 82 Airborne Division. Members of team Sunset march will march on the 75th anniversary a special Sunset March to mark hat special occasion.
Team Sunset March at the monument after Sunset March on August 2017. The All American division was constituted, originally as the 82nd US Division, in the National Army on August 5, 1917, shortly after the participation of the USA into World War1. It was organized on 25 August 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia and served at the Western Front in the final months of the war. Since its initial members came from all 48 states, the division acquired the nickname All-American, which is the basis for…
There was a lot of interest in the media for the attendance of Sunset March #1000 by the Commissioners of the King of Gelderland and Brabant. Veteranen Instituut en de Telegraaf