Turnhout, Belgium - Remembrance ceremony
On Sunday, September 24, 2023, the Confederation of Turnhout Veterans and Patriotic Associations commemorated the 79th liberation of Turnhout and the Kempen at the Kwakkelstraat cemetery in Turnhout.
14:00u Meeting at the entrance of the Kwakkelstraat cemetery.
14:15u Welcome, launching of the banners, flag salute
14:25u Speech by Alderman Stijn Adriaenssens
14:40u Laying of flowers at the British cemetery
14:50u Laying of flowers at the cemetery of the Belgian resistance fighters
15:00u Commemoration of fallen British and Polish soldiers
15:30u Word of thanks on behalf of the Confederation
15:35u Departure of the banners for a short ceremony at the honor park of the Belgian soldiers who died during WWII.