https://ericdebeukelaer.be/2023/03/12/basilica-of-cointe-what-is-shameful-what-is-tasteless/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 22:11:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ericdebeukelaer.be/2023/03/12/basilica-of-cointe-what-is-shameful-what-is-tasteless/#comment-18746 Thu, 16 Mar 2023 22:11:03 +0000 https://ericdebeukelaer.be/?p=155412#comment-18746 I’m afraid being lectured by the « Torygraph » on the rights and wrongs of such a project is pretty much in keeping with the kind of jingoism so often on display in the shires.
As it happens, the quite heroic behaviour of the Belgian army in their defence of the Liège fortresses has earned them an eternal badge of honour.
Anyone who doubts the Belgians’ willingness to remember those early days of the Great War should be taken to visit the Loncin Fortress.

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