In addition to the Institute’s exhibition, which recounts the tragic fate of Poles in their struggle for freedom, two other exhibitions were also presented. One of them focuses on John Olmsted, the U.S. secret agent who was active in the Raalte area, cooperating with the local resistance, while the other features unique documents and correspondence related to the Operation Market-Garden and the dropping of secret agents in Overijssel.

Before noon, a lecture was held about the tragic events from June 1942, the activities of the Dutch resistance, the persecution of local Jews and the activities of the intelligence network, which was organised by John Olmsted.

At noon, flowers were laid at the local cemetery on the graves of four Polish airmen and twenty other Allied soldiers killed in the Raalte area between 1942 and 1945.

The ceremony was attended by Mrs Elżbieta Kowalkowska, niece of Alojzy Gusowski, together with her husband, and Appie Wassing, a local social activist who has looked after Polish graves for over 40 years and organised humanitarian aid to Poland in the 1980s.

The ceremony was attended also by local authorities, including Mayor of Raalte Rob Zuidema, representatives from: the IPN, Supreme Command of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Arnhem Postal History, International Bomber Command Centre and Office of Strategic Services USA.

Paula Doyle, representing the OSS Society presented the IPN with a unique gift, a replica of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award bestowed by the United States Congress to OSS Society.