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Ierse president op bezoek / Irish President visits Wijtschate
- 09/06/2007
Op zaterdag 9 juni 2007 bracht de Ierse presidente Mary McAleese
een bezoek aan Mesen en Wijtschate. Hieronder een aantal foto's
van de receptie te Wijtschate op het einde van het bezoek.
President McAleese has attended the 90th anniversary commemorations
of the Battle of Wijtschaete – Messines Ridge in Belgium.
The commemoration acknowledged the supreme efforts of the
men of the 16th Irish Division and the 36th Ulster Division,
who fought and died side by side when taking the German-occupied
Flemish town of Wijtschaete on the 7th of June 1917.
Paying tribute to the fallen, President McAleese said, 'We
know they came from different traditions which had very different
ambitions and yet on these fields their different traditions
were put to one side. They were human beings who had a common
cause and, through each other, they worked for that cause
and showed to each other a goodness, a graciousness, a kindness,
a love, a cherishing of one another. It is a share memory
and we need shared memories.
President McAleese unveiled a Peace
Tower at Messines in November 1998 in the presence of
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Albert, King of the Belgians.
Please find below some pictures of the reception at Wijtschate
at the end of the visit.
The president greets the members of the city of Heuvelland
(Wijtschate is part of Heuvelland).
Address by Bernard Heens, mayor of Heuvelland.
A gift for the president McAleese
who thanked everyone who contributed in the organisation
of the visit.
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Ook jij kunt foto's doorsturen voor de rubriek "Je was er
bij". Ons adres: info@westhoek.be
Everyone can send pictures for the pages "You were
there". Our address: info@westhoek.be
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