Overloon war museums Google Map: Liberty Park in Overloon contains two modern, informative and exciting museums: the Marshall
Museum and the National Museum of War and Resistance. Authentic objects, documents, various exhibitions and modern audio-visual resources
help us visualize and understand the Second World War and what it means to us today. (See photos, letter)
Arnhem Google
Map: In World War II, during Operation Market Garden (September 1944), the British 1st Airborne Division and the Polish 1st Independent
Parachute Brigade were given the task of securing the bridge at Arnhem. This became the "Bridge Too Far" in the movie of the same
name. Today, Arnhem is the site of the National Heritage Museum, an open-air museum and park with antique houses, farms, and factories
from different parts of the Netherlands.
Kinderdijk Google Map: The nineteen windmills at Kinderdijk are a symbol
of the way the Netherlands manages its water. For a long period of time they kept the land dry as it was plagued by subsidence and
flooding: the Alblasserwaard, once a rough, wet area of peat, was eventually colonised and reclaimed by men. (
Tourist information)
More Car,Train or Mouse Day Trips
Keukenhof, in Lisse,Netherlands Google Map: This is where the tulip growers of Holland show their stuff, and we mean SHOW. Every different
variety in every different color. And many other types of flowers. Acres to walk and gawk and take pictures. But it is open
only for a short time in the spring, so check their website. (Photos, Letter) You can see other pictures at this link.
Leiden Google Map (Tourist information) : A beautiful and historic city. Americans and British citizens may be interested
to remember that the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower to settle in North America took refuge in Leiden when they left England
before sailing later from Plymouth Harbor. There is an
American Pilgrim Museum in Leiden devoted to this history. And,
the
first tulips were imported from Constantinople and grown in this city which started the tulip craze in the 1600's. (
See Photos,Letter)
