The Little Dutch Boy didn't put his finger in the Dike, but he did save Holland.
Hans Brinker is tying his sister's skates.Wikimedia Commons is a public domain.
He was the most famous Dutch boy that never lived.The Little Dutch boy saved the day when he put his finger in a dike.
Several stories were featured in the book Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland.The Little Dutch Boy saved Haarlem from flooding when he put his finger in the dike.A boy who wanted to win silver skates was the subject of a story about Hans Brinker.There are two separate stories about Hans Brinker and the Little Dutch Boy.
Mary Mapes Dodge, an American author, created a story about Hans Brinker and the Little Dutch Boy that was not based on any actual Dutch folk heroes.Even though most Dutch people have never heard of the Little Dutch Boy, he has become part of American pop culture.
When a dike is about to break, a finger doesn't cut it.Dikes don't usually leak until the whole section is washed away.No one will help when that happens.
The night of 1 February 1953 was the worst flooding of the Netherlands in recent history.
The IJssel river was rising in Zuid-Holland.The deepest polders of the Netherlands were protected by the dike along the river.The water kept rising.The most densely-populated part of the Netherlands would be under water if the dike broke.
Water gushed into the polder after a 15-meter section of the dike gave way.The largest ship in the area was ordered to plug the dike by the reeve.The ship was locked in place after Evergroen drove it parallel to the hole.Sand bags were quickly filled in the gap behind the ship.Three million people kept their feet dry as the torrent slowed to a trickle.
People in Noord-Brabant were not so lucky.1796 people lost their lives that night due to heavy flooding.If it weren't for skipper Evergroen, the number would have been a lot higher.
There was a flood in 1953.The collection Nationaal Archief has no known copyrights.
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The number of people who died in the flooding of February 1st of 1953 is believed to be 1833.
The official number is 1835.A woman gave birth, but both died.The child was not in the official books.
I hope that this correction is enjoyable.The person is worse off if they take the story as fact.Even though fables are not factual, they are still true.Life lessons in fables are more certain than many books and articles.
I have been to Amsterdam twice and enjoyed it so much.I have been leaving the United States for more than 30 years since I was born in the Philippines.The story of a Dutch boy trying to prevent flood to the city by placing his finger on a hole was read to us by my 6th grade teacher.I like the story and still do.It was special when I went to Amsterdam.
The date.The people named in this indictment are just the beginning of the leak.Are you ready for more fireworks?They are coming; stay.
The fictional little boy holding off a flood with his finger in the dike is nonsense, and an individual defence is also a nonsense.
The little Dutch boy who saved Holland by putting his finger in the dam is not a true story.
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