Are you coming to the liberation weekend on October 26 and 27, 2024?
Liberation Day at De Kiek Fake Airfield, Celebrate and experience together!
Saturday October 26
11:00 am start ceremony unveiling of the monument by Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven for in order to
arrived crew Wellington bomber among others in bij are military attaché embassy New Zealand, military attaché embassy Germany, commissioner of the king province North Brabant and commander of the airbase Gilze-Rijen. Including live national anthems and fly over Historical Flight.
Afterwards (from 12:30 to 18:00) the liberation weekend activities will start:
Chinook in the field
Reenactment with demonstrations
Information market and exhibition with
Alphen Remembrance Day Foundation
Images of the liberation and war in Alphen and Riel
Old military vehicles
Live broadcast Veterans Radio and TV
Sunday October 27
11:00 am to 12:30 pm Liberation Concert with
Regional Senior Orchestra Central Brabant
Activities start at 12:30
Reenactment with demonstrations
Radio station with worldwide broadcast and demonstration
Information market and exhibition with
Crash 40-45 museum
Veterans Search Team
Alphen Remembrance Day Foundation
Works by artist Fred Zoon
Tradition room Gilze-Rijen
Model Good German
Model 1 day leave
Images of the liberation and war in Alphen and Riel
Old military vehicles
For both days:
Large heated tent
Catering including: