Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands attends the Hudson-Champlain Celebration at Academy Green

Albert C. Kurdt speaks at a microphone during the Hudson-Champlain Celebration in Kingston, while behind him sit Mayor Edwin Radel, Mrs. Beatrice Radel, Harry Rigby, Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, State Senator Ernest Hatfield and his wife Gertrude Hatfield. The Hudson-Champlain celebration was a nationwide commemoration of the 350 year anniversary of Henry Hudson and Samuel De Champlain's exploratory voyages in North America. As part of the celebration, Princess Beatrix visited Kingston and laid a wreath on the statue of Henry Hudson, who had been employed by Dutch merchants when he dis... Mehr ...