The Historian · Femke · Amsterdam
Nationaal Monument
For two minutes on the 4th of May this crowded square goes completely still. I've stood in that silence many times. It's the truest ceremony the country has.
The 1956 white obelisk on Dam Square honoring the WWII dead. Every 4 May the whole nation falls silent here at 20:00 as the king lays a wreath.
— Femke, The Historian
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