Who Were They? Muddled Impressions On my mom’s side we were Hollanders, or so I believed as a kid. My childhood impressions were that Anneke Lampen’s parents both came to South Africa at the end of the 19th century, so they had little to do with South Africa’s…
Lees meerDe letter F is de zesde letter van het moderne Latijnse alfabet. De Etrusken waren de uitvinders van deze letter. De F werd in het Etruskisch en in het Grieks als “w” uitgesproken. De letter heette digamma en was gevormd door twee Γ's op elkaar te stapelen. De letter verdween door klankverandering. De oorsprong van F ligt in de…
Lees meerRoyal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) Sergeant 1st Class Louis Heystek will be posthumously awarded the Mobilization War Cross by the Kingdom of the Netherlands Ministry of Defense. Presenting the medal will be Mr. Dirk Janssen, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Receiving the medal in Sgt.…
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