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Dutch American Heritage Day
 | Consul General Julie
Ruterbories at the
Pilgrimfathers’ Church |
November 14, 2009 On Saturday November 14, 2009, in honor of Dutch American Heritage Day, Consul General Julie Ruterbories spoke at the beautiful Oude of Pelgrimvaderskerk (Pilgrimfathers’ Church) in Rotterdam-Delfshaven. The program, organized each year by the Stichting Nederland-Verenigde Staten, celebrates the strong ties and friendship between the Netherlands and the United States and this year paid special tribute to the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers. Other speakers included H.J. Trap from the Stichting Oude Hollandse Kerken, Dr. Jeremy Bangs of the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum and Joke Kardux from the Amerikanistiek in Leiden and Amsterdam.
Consul General Meets Pieter Stuyvesant in Wolvega  | Consul General Ruterbories and 'Pieter
Stuyvesant' |
November 13, 2009 On Friday November 13, 2009, Consul General Julie Ruterbories led the opening ceremony for the newly renovated Pieter Stuyvesant Park in Wolvega, Friesland. Pieter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam and the New Netherland colonies in America, was born near Wolvega in the county of Weststellingwerf. Throughout Weststellingwerf three monuments have been erected in his honor. Residents and children joined the Consul General at the opening ceremony as did Pieter Stuyvesant, who can be seen in the photo shaking hands with the Consul General.
"perspectives for young adults" November 9, 2009 On Monday November 9, 2009, Consul General Julie Ruterbories delivered opening remarks at a conference organized by Stichting de Driehoek entitled “Perspectives for Young Adults after Incarceration,” a joint New York-Amsterdam event featuring the Deputy Mayor of New York City, Linda Gibbs, and the locoburgemeester of the city of Amsterdam, Lodewijk Asscher. The Deputy Mayors discussed new programs and projects focused on improving conditions for underprivileged youth. Additional information about the debate can be found at: http://www.stichtingdriehoek.nl/debate. Consul General Julie A. Ruterbories
Thanksgiving Service November 5, 2009 Please join us at the U.S. Consulate General Amsterdam’s annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Thursday, November 26, at the English Reformed Church, Begijnhof 48, 1012 WV Amsterdam. The service is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. (17h00 to 18h00) and will include light refreshments. The program includes reflections on the meaning of Thanksgiving from varied religious leaders along with musical performances. Click here to download our Thanksgiving flyer (PDF document). Each year, on Thanksgiving morning, there is a non-denominational service in the historic Pieterskerk in Leiden. For many who don’t know, the area surrounding the Pieterskerk is where the Pilgrims worked and lived for 11 years, from 1609 to 1620. The Thanksgiving Day Service is approximately one hour. It is a combination of a civil ceremony and a Service of Thanksgiving. Protestant ministers, a Catholic priest and a Jewish rabbi and cantor participate. A PDF document has all the details: The Pieterskerk Thanksgiving Service, Leiden For more Thanksgiving events see the following links.
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Expatica "i am not a tourist" fair in the Beurs van Berlage  | Consular Assistant Frank de Koning at
the Expatica Fair in theBeurs van
Berlage, on Sunday, October 25, 2009. |
October 28, 2009 Sunday, October 25, saw the 6th annual “i am not a tourist” fair take place in the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. This fair is held for expats from all over the globe, to help them get a grip on life in The Netherlands. As many expats are American the Consulate General Amsterdam was there of course, to provide information on the services the Consulate provides. The fair was very well attended and our staff manning the Consulate's booth answered many questions, e.g. on passports, how to get extra pages in a U.S. passport, how to report the birth of an American baby born in The Netherlands, and many more. Citizens of other nations showed a keen interest in visa information for the United States. As we were honored to have an American Girl Scout in our midst, selling Girl Scout Cookies many customers wondered if one could really order that "taste of home", in The Netherlands. Well, yes you could. So, our charming young entrepreneur did excellent business that day. And in an effort of the Consulate General to operate more environmentally friendly, the Consulate's staff members went over to the Beurs van Berlage in true "i am not a tourist" fashion; by bakfiets.
Instructions for the annual Diversity Visa immigration lottery published October 5, 2009 The State Department has now published the application instructions for the DV-2011 immigrant visa lottery, aka the Green Card lottery. The online entry registration period for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery is between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Friday, October 2, 2009, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), Monday, November 30, 2009. Our Diversity Visa pages have more information and a link to these instructions. Good Luck!
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