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CONFEDERATE
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF BELGIUM |
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ACTIVITIES
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On the second Saturday of each month, except in
July and August, at our meeting room located
at Wolubilis,
Place du Temps Libre 1, Room A300, 3rd floor, 1200 Brussels.
These meetings, announced in advance in our
programme, usually consist in conferences with multimedia support
(photographs, engravings, PowerPoint presentations, etc) or in the
projection of historical films or documentaries followed by a debate.
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Exhibitions |
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The association has held many exhibitions in various art centres in
Brussels and Belgian provinces.
The following exhibitions were covered by the French speaking press
(Le Soir, Paris Match, la Dernière Heure, la Libre Belgique, Vlan, etc.)
and sometimes by local television channels (Télé Bruxelles and RTBF):
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Art and Culture of the North
American Indians. |
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Charlotte and Maximilian: Belgians in Mexico 1864-67. |
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Europe and the Civil War. |
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The South
at the time of Gone with the Wind. |
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International Conventions
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Organization of three
important
international conventions in 1982, 1992 and 1997,
which brought
together specialists of the
Civil War
from the
United States, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and
Spain. |
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Travel
and Outings
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The committee members have all traveled to
various parts of the USA including those related to the Civil War, such as
major battlefields, historical sites and museums. The CHAB regularly
organizes excursions and group visits to historical points of interest in
Europe. Last visits: |
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1999 France. Excursion to Cherbourg on the 135th anniversary of the
naval battle between the CSS Alabama and the
USS Kearsage. |
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2002 Holland Visit of the Rotterdam Maritime
Museum and the
Buffel, an ironclad of the same class as the CSS
Stonewall. |
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2004 Belgium Visit of the Royal Army Museum in Brussels. |
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2005 Belgium Visit of the Ramillies battlefield where, in
1706, the armies of the Duke of Marlborough defeated
those of Marshal de Villeroi. |
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2006 Belgium Visit
of the Ligny Museum devoted to the Quatre Bras battle, which took place on the eve of the
battle of Waterloo. |
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2007 Belgium Visit
of the major battlefields of the Great War in
Flanders. |
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2008 Belgium Visit
of Forts Lantin and Loncin, two of the
main forts defending
the city of Liège at the start of WWI.. |
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2009 Belgium Visit
of the Raversijde Domain in Ostend
and the Wall of the Atlantic Museum. |
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2010 Belgium Visit
of the Grand Curtius Museum of Liège, which
incorporates the old arms museum of the town. |
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2011 Belgium Visit
of Hotton and La Roche in Ardennes with emphasis on the XXXth British Corps
during WWII. |
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2012 Belgium Visit
of the main sites of Brussels linked with the Belgian
Revolution of 1830. |
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2013
France Visit of the WWI Somme battlefields of July
1, 1916. |
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2014
Belgium Visit of the buffalo farm in Recogne and of
the WWII historical sites in Bastogne. |
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2015
Belgium Excursion in Flanders Fields with visit
of the major battlefields of the Great War. |
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2016 Belgium Visit of Fort Breendonk in Willebroek and the Dossin barracks
in Mechelen. |
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2017 France Visit of Fort Fermont, part of the Maginot line in
Longuyon. |
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2018 Belgium Visit of the Quatre-Bras battlefield and the Caillou
Farm in Waterloo. |
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2019 Belgium Visit of the Red Star Line museum in Antwerp. |
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2022 Belgium Excursion to Dinant and guided tour
of the citadel. |
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2023 Belgium
Excursion to Poperinge: visit
of the Talbot House, the Hops Museum and the military cemetery in Lijssenthoek. |
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