DUTCH QUEEN’S JUBILEE
CROWDS CELEBRATE IN AMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM, August 31. Twenty thousand people, including 3000 children, gathered in the Palace Square this morning and sung praises to Queen Wilhelmina in special compositions in celebration of her sixtyeighth birthday and golden jubilee. A 33-gun salute opened the day’s festivities. Queen Wilhelmina came out on the palace balcony with the whole Royal family while the crowd roared a welcome. The conductor of the five bands ana massed choir was Mr Fred J. Roeske. aged 80, who conducted at Queen Wilhelmina’s coronation 50 years ago. Tens of thousands of people crowded the beflageed streets when Queen Wilhelmina drove to the Olympic Stadium, where she addressed the nation. The Queen paid a tribute to the wartime resistance in Holland and Indonesia, and expressed confidence that the nation “would have the strength to realise the dreams of the future cherished in the war years.” Referring to the accession of Princess Juliana, the Queen said: “She is assuming the task in difficult and complicated times, times which demand strong people.” Gay crowds took charge in the streets of Amsterdam at night. Messages of congratulation from the heads of nearly every country in the world poured into Amsterdam.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25589, 2 September 1948, Page 5
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