Vlissingen celebrates 80 years of liberation and commemorates the Battle of the Scheldt

Vlissingen celebrated the liberation of the Zeeland port city 80 ago on Saturday and commemorated the Battle of the Scheldt. The main speaker during the commemoration was Tobias van Gent, one of the authors of a book about the Battle of the Scheldt. Gijs Tuinman, State Secretary of Defense, was also present.The commemoration started at 1:00 p.m. in the Sint Jacobskerk in Vlissingen. Afterwards, accompanied by the Deltaband and the Korps Commandotroepen, there was a wreath-laying ceremony at Uncle Beach at the Oranjemolen at 2:30 p.m.