Leeuwarden Ceremony 2022

Описание: The Regiment celebrates the anniversary of the Liberation of the City of Leeuwarden in 1945.

We celebrate Leeuwarden not just for the liberation of one city, but because Leeuwarden’s liberation represents a pivotal achievement as part of the Regiment’s role in liberating a huge portion of the Dutch province of Friesland in 1945. It is a time for reflection to remember not only those Dragoons of the time, but also the brave Dutch citizens who endured such hardship.

Even today, after 77 years, the connection and friendship between the city and the regiment endures as strong as ever. Each year the RCD and the City of Leeuwarden celebrate the Liberation on April 15th with a parade and a flag ceremony. On this day, the Regiment flies the flag of Leeuwarden and the City of Leeuwarden flies the flag of The Royal Canadian Dragoons. . In some cases, the celebrations are more elaborate, with the Regiment sending soldiers to the celebrations in Holland. The Dragoons have adopted Jannetze Jetten, who was born almost to the second the Regiment entered the town as a Honourary member of the RCD Association. As well, the Regiment was presented with a Frisian clock (the Leeuwarden clock), which now hangs in the Regimental Headquarters.