tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post3756824835365566252..comments2024-03-28T07:54:47.319-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Beatrix of the Netherlands in HudsonCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-67843717645129360502013-02-01T08:54:02.338-05:002013-02-01T08:54:02.338-05:00Thank you for sharing this, Carole. I've alway...Thank you for sharing this, Carole. I've always wondered about the "Princess Beatrix house" and what the story behind it was.Virginia Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201120778619779181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-50051247362069325892013-02-01T01:01:51.928-05:002013-02-01T01:01:51.928-05:00David Voorhees shared this comment:
On April 23, ...David Voorhees shared this comment:<br /><br />On April 23, 1982, my mother and I had the great honor of being invited to attend a reception for Queen Beatrix at St. Mark's in the Bowery in Manhattan. I was a member of an honorary guard, dressed in a seventeenth-century uniform wearing a helmet and with halbard. I was awkward and nervous, but Prince Claus made every effort to make me feel comfortable. When I looked for my mother, I was surprised to find her chatting away and laughing with the Queen as they made the rounds of the room together. It would not be my last personal association with the House of Orange-Nassau over the decades, but it is a day that will forever be etched in my memory. Her Royal Majesty has always exhibited pride and interest in the link between the Netherlands and the former Dutch colony in America. Lang leve de Koningin.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-51406302040522330852013-01-31T23:52:41.632-05:002013-01-31T23:52:41.632-05:00He was John Kerry's running mate.He was John Kerry's running mate. Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16548850334066788444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-22919035669298131752013-01-31T23:44:55.909-05:002013-01-31T23:44:55.909-05:00Joan Davidson asked me to share this comment:
Car...Joan Davidson asked me to share this comment:<br /><br />Carole, I loved reading your fine long piece about Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands. It reminded me of the wonderful trip to Amsterdam that I was privileged to undertake in 2009, when I was chair of the Hudson Fulton Champlain Quadricentennial Commission, as guest of the Dutch Government. Among the dinners, site visits, and conferences that were laid on, the jolliest event for our small group was the tulip festival in the public garden, followed by a chance to meet Queen Beatrix. When my turn came, she told me that she loved New York and fondly remembered her happy time in Hudson. JoanCarole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-64701357455939724752013-01-31T22:37:16.234-05:002013-01-31T22:37:16.234-05:00What a wonderful commemoration of Hudson history. ...What a wonderful commemoration of Hudson history. Do we know anything more about Dr. John L. Edwards and why a school would be named after him?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05636730597383228585noreply@blogger.com