Robert DeVinney, veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division, took part on September, 20, 2017 in the Sunset March. Robert and his son, former US military as well, joined in the Nijmegen-Albany-week. Their stay was sponsored by the vfonds.nl .
Paul Grondahl in the Times Union of August 30, 2017 about the celebration of 70 years ‘sister cities’ in Nijmegen this september. Click here to read the article.
Anja Adriaans, founder and chair of FAN, gave a lecture and film screening on May,10th, 2017 on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the friendship between Albany and Nijmegen Click >> Albany Institute of History & Art
Students from Nijmegen and American sister city Albany will have live contact with each other today. A Skype session will be started at 14.30 at the Mondial College in Leuvensbroek, Nijmegen. Sixteen third year havo/vwo students will be sitting behind a computer to start a conversation with twelve peers of the Albany Academies. It will […]
Thank you for the invitation, mr. Shawn Crowley, US Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy to be part of the „Who is the President? „ breakfast at Kurhaus in the Hague.
By Paul Grondahl/Times Union, August 5, 2016 Bridge, The Crossing, honors 48 Americans killed in WWII battle >> Used with permission and previously published in the Times Union. “Left, right, left, right, left,” U.S. Army Lt. Col. Demetrius Green said softly, as he held an American flag aloft and kept cadence for a phalanx of marching […]
Photo Ger Loeffen. By Paul Grondahl/Times Union July 26, 2016 Albany >> Used with permission and previously published in the Times Union. I have just returned from a week’s assignment in Nijmegen, the oldest city in the Netherlands and Albany’s sister city, and I was struck by the restorative power of long walks. It may […]
By Paul Grondahl/Times Union July 27, 2016 Nijmegen, the Netherlands >> Used with permission and previously published in the Times Union. Paul Grondahl recently joined in the 100th anniversary of “Walk of the World,” a massive movable party in the oldest city in the Netherlands, Nijmegen. Nijmegen, pronounced NYE-may-gun, with a population of 165,000, is Albany’s sister city. […]
By Paul Grondahl, Times Union, 22 july 2016 Centennial four-day march crosses the finish line in style in Albany’s sister city >> Used with permission and previously published in the Times Union. Lashed by pounding rains and raked by violent thunderstorms throughout the morning, the masses marched on with the triumphant spirit of warriors toward the […]
By Paul Grondahl/Times Union – July 18, 2016 Reporter taking part in 100-year-old walk, reveling in Albany-Nijmegen bond >> Used with permission and previously published in the Times Union. I’ve headed to Nijmegen to join 50,000 of my soon-to-be closest perambulating friends from 100 countries and the 2 million revelers who will cheer us on. We will […]