Jan-Kees eet koolsla op de slee.

[eppie]

Hi,
Thanks, neat story. I love these 'historical' tidbits, but I'm suspicious by nature. So I looked it up; nice to see that your version is one of the possibilities.:)

--Pete

Because of New York 400 years the dutch have budgetted around 12 miljon euro's for a promotional campaign stressing the dutch/US relationships over the years. In New York there are of course many names dating back to when it was still new amsterdam (brooklyn, wall street, etc. http://homepage.mac.com/schuffelen/OldNewYork.html )
I am not sure all these things are 100% correct, but you get the feeling.
And of course we paid for having the empire state building bath in orange light for an evening (what does that cost??)