Traditionally, the Sunset March walked on the Monday before the start of the 4Days Marches is done by the board of the 4Days Marches Foundation and international detachments from Heumensoord. Chairman of the 4Days Marches, Henny Sackers, laid a wreath at the monument and veteran of the day was British Warrent Officer Jack Daniels
On May 4, there was a commemoration of the dead organized by the Sunset March at the Waalcrossing monument. Due to the bad weather there were slightly fewer interested parties than usual. About 40 attendees were silent for 2 minutes together at 8 p.m. Flowers were then laid and then Mr Qader Shafiq, former Nijmegen resident of the year, gave a speech in which he discussed, among other things, his flight from Afghanistan, his time in Charkow in Ukraine and…
On Thursday evening, April 4, the delegations of the Four Chaplains Memorial foundation USA and NL walked the Sunset March. We were warmly welcomed by the chairman, Peter Grotens. Veteran of the day was Howard Schaeffer, Chairman of the USA Board. As a former Marine with experience in foreign missions, this made a great impression on him and the other participants. The Sunset March is a fantastic initiative that deserves our appreciation! A day earlier, former Commander of the Armed…
On the famous Waalcrossing on September 20, 1944 there was a Dutch military participant as well. The book “De vergeten commando” (The forgotten commando, book is written in Dutch), which will be published next April, describes this story in detail for the first time. Over 80 years no one overlooked the fact that commando Val Kokhuis was involved in this heroic combat action on the river Waal near Nijmegen. The story is remarkable because it was unknown for such a…
On February 22, as usual in recent years, a German Delegation walked the Sunset March. The delegation consisted of about 30 people, including representatives from the city of Kleve (D) and from the Dutch-German business club from Kleve. In addition, there was a large delegation of the German Air Force and international soldiers from Kalkar (D). Lieutenant General Thorsten Poschwatta, Commander of the Center for Air Operations, was the veteran of the day. During the short ceremony at the Waalcrossing…
On February 9, native Canadian veteran Joel Pedersen walked the Sunset March. He walked together with Canadian Janet Love Morrisson. They wanted to take the opportunity to remember the fallen native Canadian soldiers during the Sunset March. Photos: M. Cillessen Both were in Nijmegen for the annual commemoration at the Canadian war cemetery in Groesbeek on February 8. This year’s commemoration ceremony was dedicated to the Indigenous soldiers who served in the Canadian Army. At least 24 are…
Monday evening, July 18, 2022, the 2830th Sunset March was walked by international military detachments from Camp Heumensoord, led by the board of the 4Days Marches Foundation and the Canadian veteran of the day Glenn Moore. (source: Facebook Kamp Heumensoord)
Between July 27 and August 29, the Crossing (the S100/Generaal James Gavinsingel) is closed to cars. The cycle lane and footpath over the Crossing can normally be used for performing “the Sunset March”. (Also read this message in Dutch from the municipality of Nijmegen) For participants who park their car on the north side of the bridge: The northernmost part of the cycle path (ie past the stairs to the monument) is closed and there is a diversion over a…
As every year, the Sunset March Foundation organized a Remembrance Day on May 4 at the monument of the Crossing. About 40 people attended the meeting. Among them were a group of Dutch and German students, a tour group from Canada and interested parties from Nijmegen. After the 2 minutes of silence at 8 pm, Mr Josef Gietemann, representative of the city of Kleve, gave a speech. He mentioned the loaded past of Nazi Germany, the many victims that the…