Apr 30 2010
THE CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN BEATRIX BIRTHDAY
Queens' Day, is the most cheerful of national holidays. It started as Princess day, and was first celebrated on the 31st of August 1885, the birthday of Queen Wilhelmina to emphasis national unity. The date later changed to 30th of April, the birthday of Queen Juliana. This year the Royal family visited two cities in the province of Zeeland. Also abroad, the Dutch gather with friends, relatives and countrymen, like the small Dutch community did in Solbiate Olona at the Ugo Mara Barracks.