Fltr: Gen. Bertholee - Gen Petraeus -Minister van Middelkoop - Ambassador US Mrs.. Hartog Levin - the mayor of Nijmegen Thom de Graaf - Queen Beatrix - Prince Philip - Lord Carrington.

Above left: : Lord Carrington, former Minister of foreign affairs of Great Brittain and former secretary general of NATO. He also was a WWII veteran who fought at Nijmegen. Lord Carrington speeched on behalf of the British Guards Armoured Division.

Above right: Major Moffatt Burriss spoke on behalf of the 82nd Airborne Division, 65 years ago the liberators of Nijmegen. Burriss was one of the commanding officers during the famous Waal river crossing.