The American Association of Dutch American Studies invites DIS members and DIS magazine readers to its first emigration to North America tour in the Netherlands. Henk Aay and Mary Risseeuw (both AADAS board members) are planning and leading this educational tour; they have extensive experience with and contacts for leading[…]
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Free Admission for DIS Members and immediate family. (Members stop by the DIS table by the big American flag at the entrance to get your free entry wristband) Food, Fun and Fellowship: Your favorites will be available for purchase or bring your own picnic lunch. This year our Landdag celebration will[…]
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This summer Windmill Island Gardens is bringing back its popular art competition. Artists are welcome to capture the park in any medium and submit their work in the contest under the categories of Plein Air, Photography and Everything Else. There are cash prizes for winners as well as an opportunity[…]
Read More »Author Megan Koreman will share the story of how the 330 ordinary men and women of Dutch-Paris rescued almost 3,000 Jews, resisters and downed Allied airmen from the Nazis. 48377
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Notice of Annual Meeting With Special Guest John Karsten, Holland, Michigan’s Town Crier The Dutch International Society will hold its annual meeting on July 24, 2019 at 7 pm at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 8605 Fulton ST E, Ada, MI 49301. The proposed agenda includes voting on new bylaws (available online[…]
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The 22nd biennial conference of the Association for the Advancement of Dutch-American Studies (AADAS) will be held this year at Calvin College in the Prince Conference Center on Friday and Saturday, June 14-15, 2019. The conference theme is Dutch Americans/Canadians and Education. Robert Schoone-Jongen of the Calvin College History Department[…]
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Here’s your chance to have lunch with His Excellency Hendrik Schuwer Dutch Ambassador to the United States in Grand Rapids Michigan! Sponsored by The World Affairs Council of Western Michigan, the luncheon takes place on April 29, 12 Noon at the University Club in downtown Grand Rapids. $35, register on[…]
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Please note that the DIS Membership meeting previously scheduled for April 12, 2019 has been canceled. Statement from The Board The board of the Dutch International Society is considering a proposal from a group that has expressed interest in continuing the DIS rather than dissolving the society. This group that[…]
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I am searching for a man who might have immigrated to the United States after WWII. He was involved in the historic Operation Market Garden, but only in a peripheral way. My uncle, Haynes M. Baumgardner, was a B-24 pilot in the 491st Bomb Group of the U. S. 8th[…]
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Mocht een van jullie de eerste of de tweede enquête nog niet hebben ingevuld, doe het dan nu nog even, en vertel het ook nog even rond in je omgeving. Vanaf volgende week woensdag sluiten we de enquêtes namelijk af. De eerste enquête staat hier: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/surve…/index.php/179127/lang-nl De tweede enquête staat hier: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/surve…/index.php/697842/lang-nl[…]
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