200th Anniversary of the Netherlands...

On November 30, 2013, there was a re-enactment on the beach in Scheveningen of the Dutch victory over the French enabling the Netherlands to be declared an independent country. Several hundred people dressed in period costumes on this blustery morning.

Some of the actors really got into the fighting and the camera man was right in the fray of things.

The fellow in the front of the carriage is Prince Willem Frederick of Oranje. Unfortunately, his historic landing of 1813 couldn’t fully be re-enacted because the sea was too choppy. Afterwards, the Royal Navy celebrated their 200th anniversary with an amphibious landing.