Zeeland means freedom. This is a tough Four Freedoms Awards region, set in an endless sea, where 2016

there’s always a fresh wind blowing and The Four Freedoms Award ceremony takes place in 21 april: Four Freedoms Awards alternate years in New York and in Middelburg, and with 400 miles of coastline waiting to this year it is the turn of Middelburg. The following in Middelburg laureates will be honoured during a ceremony in the be discovered. A land of pioneers and imposing Nieuwe Kerk:

adventurers, like the family Roosevelt, > the awa�d for Freedom of Expression goes to the S��ia� la��er a�d cha�pion of freedom of speech Mazen Land who emigrated from Tholen to New York Da��ish; in the 17th century. > the awa�d for Freedom of Worship �ill be presented to Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapa�a�ng a, Ima� Oma� Kobine Laya�a a�d Reverend Nicolas Guérékoya�e- of Gbang ou of the Centra� Af�ica� Republic; > the awa�d fro Freedom of Wa�t �ill be presented to the Cong olese gy naecolo�ist d�. Denis Muk�ege;

> the awa�d for Freedom from Fea� goes to Huma� Rights freedom Watch; The International Four Freedoms Award will be presented to the Chancellor of Germany, Dr Angela Merkel.

ogether �ith the Va�derbilts a�d the York today. Something of their pionee�ing spi�it is still St���esa�ts, Zeela�d fa�ilies like the tang ible. Zeela�ders a�e k�o�n for their tenacity , their Roosevelts were pa�t of what was k�o�n sense of autonomy a�d p�ide. Th ese a�e not docile people, in Ame�ica as Old Dutch Stock: the va�ious they like to do thing s their o�n way – just like New Tinfl uentia� fa�ilies of Dutch o�i�in li�ing in a�d Yorkers. Awa�ds. Th e awa�d ceremony has ta�en place since a hotel bea� his na�e, while in his a�cestra� �illage of a�ound the Hudson Va�ley. 1950, in even yea�s in New York a�d in odd yea�s in Oud-Vossemeer you �ill fi nd the Roosevelt House a�d a Four Freedoms Middelburg. Th e awa�ds a�e presented to men, women number of Roosevelt-themed tou�ist routes. New York Dutch Values President Fra�k�in D. Roosevelt, scion of a� old Dutch/ a�d orga�isations who have �iven practica� a�d Th ese fa�ilies, ma�nly from Zeela�d a�d Holla�d, New York fa�ily, made what has become a legenda�� inspirationa� implementation to the idea�s of freedom of The Roosevelt Foundation and the Province set do�n the sta�da�ds a�d va�ues of old New York a�d add�ess at a� extremely c�itica� moment in histo��. expression, freedom of worship, freedom from wa�t a�d of Zeeland will shortly be announcing the full the Hudson Va�ley. Th eir pred�lection for tolera�ce, In his 1941 State of the Union add�ess he identifi ed freedom from fea�. programme for this year’s Roosevelt Four Freedoms pra�matism a�d free trade had a� eno�mous appea� to four freedoms which would later be ensh�ined in the awards. You can fi nd all our events on newcomers from the most d�verse bac��rounds. Universa� Decla�ation of Huma� Rights. Roosevelt in Zeeland www.fourfreedoms.nl Th at infl ux of sett lers from Zeela�d a�d Holla�d Th ose four freedoms continue to play a centra� role Zeela�d is justly proud of the Zeela�der Fra�k�in continues to have a major infl uence on the va�ues of New each yea� du�ing the presentation of the Four Freedoms D. Roosevelt. A university college, severa� streets a�d