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Plaats het Baileybrug-monument nabij de Hefbrug

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In the spirit of great historical awareness and respect for all those who made the liberation of the Netherlands possible, the municipality of Son en Breugel deserves a Bailey Bridge monument at a location near the current hefbrug. Unfortunately, this has not yet been realized.

Petition

We

representatives of the international community

 

establish that:

  • it is of great historical importance that justice is done to the British 30th Corps and the American 101st Airborne Division, which enabled the Allies to advance and carry out Operation Market Garden.
  • the fact that this operation ultimately failed only increases the importance of a monument.
  • the article of November 19 in the MooiSonenBreugel Krant this shows.

 

and request

  • to place the following proposal on the agenda of the municipal council: placement of the Bailey Bridge Monument near the Hefbrug over the Wilhelmina Canal to commemorate Market Garden on September 18 and 19, 1944, in Son en Breugel.
  • the municipal council to approve the proposal to place the Bailey Bridge Monument near the Hefbrug.

The answer

dank

Dank aan alle ondertekenaars De petitie wordt 12 januari aangeboden aan de gemeente Dus : tekenen wordt niet meer meegenomen

 

Current status

This petition is not open to collect signatures.

 

Details

Addressed to:
Son en Breugel 
Petition desk:
Closing date:
2026-01-09 
Status:
Closed 
Lead petitioner:
Kees van Miert 
Organisation:
werkgroep monument Baileybrug 

History

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Updates

Politiek

Op 12 januari 2026 wordt het burgerinitiatief aangeboden aan de gemeente. De petitie blijft doorlopen. Wij willen handtekeningen blijven verzamelen en merken dat er nu ook getekend wordt vanuit Frankrijk, Engeland, en Schorland. Heb je contacten in Amerika en Canada verspreid dan deze petitie.

2025-12-20

Politiek

In de gemeente Son en Breugel is er door de gemeenteraad een motie aangenomen om het monument van de baileybrug en de plaatsing er van te bespreken. Dit zal in het nieuwe jaar gebeuren.

2025-12-20

Many thanks

Dear reader,

On behalf of the working group, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the signatores We are especially grateful to those from England who also signed. A very special thanks to the person who emailed with valuable information about the designer of the Bailey Bridge.

May I ask everyone to further publicize and distribute this petition? I look forward to the signatures that will come, especially from the relatives of the Allied troops who died in 1944.

Thanks.

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Thank you. Thank you.

2025-12-16