Newsflash Freedom Fire de Peel Monday 19 September 2022
Today in Deurne, the annual Freedom Fire was distributed through the Peel communities. The Freedom Fire was brought from Eindhoven to Deurne yesterday and from there by various runners groups past through to the 11 Peel communities. The meeting began with a welcome speech from the mayor of Deurne, Ms. Buter. Sjoerd Ewals from the German War Cemetery Ysselsteyn gave a speech, after which the Freedom Fire was passed on to the different mayors. The meeting was livened up with the singing of Noëlle van Bussel and the Firebrigade Pipes & Drums.
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- Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.nl
- Published on: 19-09-2022 21:55:35
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