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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 Club House located in the Communal Museum of
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, rue de la Charrette 40, (one of the 19 communes of
the Brussels-Capital area), 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.
During these meetings, members can browse our
mini-shop, borrow books from our library or acquire those sold by our
association.
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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 in the
Civil War
from the
United States, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and
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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.
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June
1999: France. Excursion to Cherbourg on the occasion of
the 135th anniversary of the naval battle between the "CSS
Alabama" and the "USS Kearsage". |
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May 2002: The Netherlands. Visit of the Rotterdam Maritime Museum and the
"Buffel", an ironclad of the same class as the
"CSS
Stonewall". |
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June
2004: Belgium. Visit of the Royal Army Museum in Brussels. |
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May 2005:
Belgium. Visit of the Ramillies battlefield where, in
1706, the armies of the Duke of Marlborough defeated
those of French Marshal de Villeroi. |
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May 2006:
Belgium. Visit of the Ligny Museum devoted to the "Quatre
Bras" battle, which took place on the first day of the 1815 Waterloo
campaign. |
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May 2007:
Belgium. Visit of the major Great War battlefields of
Flanders. |
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May 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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June
2009: Belgium. Visit of the Raversijde Domain in Ostend
and the Wall of the Atlantic Museum. |
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