(from left:) Duesseldorf Mayor Dirk Elbers, Mrs. Astrid Elbers, Mrs Eleanore Boyse, and Consul General Boyse

Independence Day Celebration In Duesseldorf Highlights New Chancery Opening In Berlin
June 30, 2008.
More than 500 guests from North Rhine-Westphalia attended post’s Independence Day celebrations at the Grafenberg Golf Club in Duesseldorf on June 30. In his welcome remarks, Consul General Matt Boyse stressed the special activities surrounding the opening of the new chancery in Berlin and introduced the new Executive Director of the Amerika Haus legacy institution, Eveline Metzen. The Consul General thanked partners and friends of the Consulate for their commitment and cooperation in the past year, and announced a new season of transatlantic activities. Duesseldorf Mayor Dirk Elbers recounted Thomas Jefferson’s ties to Duesseldorf, and a color guard from the NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and New Orleans Jazz performed by "Henry’s Jazzmen" made this a memorable first Fourth of July after the consolidation of Amerika Haus Cologne into the Consulate.

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• Article from Duesseldorf Blog (in German)