The Flag of New York City
(How many Dutch-related symbols can you find? And they came here for the beaver pelts...they weren't fleeing ANYthing...)
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Posted on 01/29/2009 3:16:26 AM PST by Pharmboy
The mayor of Amsterdam, Marius Job Cohen, and the mayor of New York, Michael R. Bloomberg, joined forces on Wednesday to announce NYC 400, a yearlong celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s arrival in New York Harbor in 1609 aboard the Half Moon.
The fact that Hudson was English — like the people who eventually conquered the Dutch colony in New Amsterdam, in 1664, and renamed it for the Duke of York — and that New Amsterdam wasn’t officially founded until 1625 — making New York more like 384 years old than 400 — did not seem to matter much to either mayor.
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Mr. Bloomberg cited the Dutch influences across the city, including the blue, white and orange colors of the city’s flag.
“There are endless Dutch names and places, a neighborhood called Harlem, a borough called Brooklyn, a team called the Knickerbockers, although we call them the Knicks, and a tunnel called Holland,” he said. “Actually, the Holland Tunnel is named after its engineer, but you never know.
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Among the highlights of the NYC 400 celebration will be a display of thousands of Dutch tulips at the New York Botanical Garden, snip....
The Netherlands is giving New York City the New Amsterdam Plein and Pavilion, a small plaza — with picnic tables, benches and a pavilion that will include a concession stand or information kiosk — to be built in Battery Park.
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“Pioneers from Amsterdam settled into the Manhattan area and planted the seeds of democracy, entrepreneurial spirit, freedom of expression and freedom of religion in what we now know as New York, the unofficial capital of the world,” Mayor Cohen of Amsterdam said. “Amsterdam and New York share a commitment to quality of life. Amsterdam and New York share the same DNA.”
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The Flag of New York City
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I see a telephone pole. Is that Dutch?
Only if you’re calling your Dutch uncle.
It sure would. I have an ancestor who arrived in New Amsterdam from Antwerp in 1699. He came over with another family, I believe as an indentured servant. He later married his employer's daughter. A grandson of theirs served in the Battle of Long Island.
“There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures...and the Dutch.”- Nigel Powers
and the guy on our left. his name is dexter. the indian on our right is named sinistre or somthing like that.
the names refer to "right" and "left" in latin i believe. lefties used to be thought of as evil. hence the derivative of the latin "sinister". or i could be totally wrong. should have checked wiki before i posted this...
But not York Avenue which was named after Sergeant York.
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