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Historical information
The Rebecq
Historical Association (created in October 1991) aims namely at celebrating
the remembrance of the liberation of the city of Rebecq by American
forces
in 1944.
The
buzzword of the RHA is "Do not forget".
The official
website of the RHA stands here and
can be contacted by e-mail there via their forum
Freebelgians.be is also a valuable source of information.
Location information
The Association
headquarters is located at:
1a Chemin Longues Aulnes
B 1430 Rebecq ( Belgium)
Phone nr: 067 / 67 01 77 ( after 19.00 PM)
This re-enactment
event took place on October 12, 2008.
The camp was located at:
32, rue du viaduc
B-7060 Soignies (site of the old quarry of "noir
facteur").
The path followed during the event was mainly the outskirts of Soignies,
this means:
Soignies centre
Neufvilles
Soignies quarry
Personal note
The convoy of multiple military vehicles stopped at many occasions
in order to honor the fallen resistance of Rebecq (40-45 Resistance Memorial
as well as the graves of resistants).