Battle of the Bulge Tour : Bastogne
Bastogne may have a history going back 1,400 years and is set in the heart of the Ardennes but the main reason for visiting it is because of the siege that took place there in 1944 - that is the reason why I visited in January 2017.
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Battle of the Bulge Field Trip Marissa.surmacz's photos around Bastogne, Belgium (the ardennes)
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Ardennes
On a recent trip to France and Belgium I was able to book a 2 day Battle of the Bulge tour. The tour guide was Henri Mignon, a survivor of German occupation of the town of Houffalize This was the location of the 101st Airborne Division in the Ardennes Forest. I was able to stand in the same place as Babe Heffron and Wild Bill Guarnere looking down on the town of Foy (See Band of Brothers DVD extras). Towards the end of the video you can see the remnants of a foxhole. Groups do reenactments in the forest, so some of the foxholes have been disturbed. The forest has been completely replanted and is used for commercial lumber etc. What a moving experience. It was snowing, so the mood was similar to those historic days, minus the shooting and shelling of course.
Euro Road Trip 2018. Day 3 - Onwards to Bastogne
This is the 'highlights' from day 3 of our European road trip. Starting in the Flanders region of Belgium we head towards the south of the country and Bastogne in the Wallonia region. This leg of the trip takes us briefly back into France before we visit a chateau and then drive by the European Space Agency communications center near Redu. The last leg of the day sees us return to the war memorial theme of yesterday as we visit several sites related to The Battle of the Bulge from WW2. Oh, there's also a llama!
9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
Top 15 Things To Do In The Ardennes, Belgium
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Here are top 15 things to do in The Ardennes, Belgium
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1. See a Barouqe church -
2. Siege the Chateau De Bouillon -
3. Step back in time to World War 2 -
4. Admire the Liege-Guillemins Station -
5. Hike in Rochehaut -
6. Descend into the Blegny Mine -
7. Explore the Grand Curtius Museum -
8. Relax in the beautiful Gardens of Annevoie -
9. Visit the Old Town of Durbuy -
10. Drink at the Abbey Notre Dame -
11. Go deeper underground in Rochefort -
12. View art in Liege -
13. View the Liege Cathedral -
14. Undertake a self-guided beer tour -
15. See bears and wolves -
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9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
King Tiger Tank 213, La Gleize, the Ardenne, Belgium.
The video starts with me looking for and not finding a pretty remarkable landmark (no messing about with statues and plaques in La Gleize) a Tiger tank.
Considering the size of the village it takes some time to find the tank (I mean, it's not exactly big is it?). La Gleize is significant in the Battle of the Bulge because this small village is as far as the Germans advanced in their counter-attack in the Ardennes.
Why upload the search for the tank? I think it gives the viewer a better understanding of where things are in case they want to visit and also shows some of the excitement I feel when going on these tours. You do not come across a Tiger tank like this on a normal day.
I digress. Obviously I find the tank and give a quick tour of King Tiger tank 213 (that is important as you will see in the video) to give an idea of the size and dimensions of this massive machine (Allied soldiers often talked with fear and respect about the sound of the German Tiger tank).
I would like to add to the final part of the clip when I talk about the shop. I think it is called Ardennes 44 Military Antiques and is linked to the museum here in La Gleize. I do not think it has an online presence beyond a Facebook page. Anyway, as I say in the clip, if you have loads (and I mean loads) of cash, then this little shop has the best selection of original uniforms, shell casings, WWII original equipment etc I have seen. The prices seem high so I may be talking rubbish on their relative value but it really has some good stuff (if you disagree please add a message I will stop raving about it).
GPS info: 50.41014,005.84615
Siegfried Line
On a recent trip to France and Belgium I was able to book a 2 day Battle of the Bulge tour. The tour guide was Henri Mignon, a survivor of German occupation of the town of Houffalize Here is a section of the Siegfried Line also known as Dragon's Teeth on the German border. The line is thicker in some areas and the height of the teeth varies as well. The line is connected throughout by a concrete base that sits above and below ground. It's easy to see why this defense would be an inpenatrable wall for armor and artillery. Unbelievable.
Pak 40 Walkaround at the Schumanns Eck Memorial and some Foxholes. GoPro.
This memorial was erected on the 50th celebration of the liberation of Luxembourg.
The memorial contains several plaques of the American units who were involved in the battle.
There is also a Pak 40 at this crossroad, that was placed here as a new edition to the memorial.
It was coated with anti rust coating at the Bastogne Barracks (Bastogne Tank Museum).
There is also a three-km-long trail where foxholes can be seen and a memorial which commemorated all the soldiers who were killed in this forest.
It is located at a former mass grave, where more than 160 German and American soldiers were buried.
Filmed with my GoPro Hero 3 Black.
■ Information obtained from several sites.
■Credit for most of the information, I obtained for this video
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■ Wikipedia
■ Bastogne Barracks Group
■ Vehicule Restoration Center - MRA Ant Bastogne
■Music used:
Cloister of Redemption by Jens Kiilstofte
Dystopia by Per Kiilstofte
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Bastogne 70th Day 2 | No Victory In Valhalla Battlefield Tour
In this video Ian Gardner en Reg Jans take us on a tour through the battlefields of Bastogne. The tour is based in Gardner's latest book: No Victory In Valhalla. It's the latest part of his Trilogy about the 3rd Battalion of the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division. Together with Reg Jan, Ian Gardner guided us around the battlefields of Foy and Recogne.
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Normandy D Day History Tour
In 2008 my brother and I decided to visit as many WWII sites as we could, particularly those located neat the D Day landings in Normandy, France. We caught a C17 cargo jet out of Jackson, Ms, and flew into Ramstein, Germany where we rented a car for our trip across France. We actually traced the war route backwards, starting first in Luxembourg, visiting George Pattons grave as well as a German cemetery there. From there on up thru Belgium and all the sites around the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne. Then on across France to those battle sites, as well as Verdun to see some WWI locations before returning back to Germany. Once back in Germany we drove to Remagen to see the old Remagen bridge site and the museum located there. Finally we made our way back to Ramstein where we caught a flight back to the good old USA, about 3 weeks after our trip began.
Nuts Days 2011
With the Belgian Tank Museum at Bastogne.
Long edition for tank freaks.
Nunchucks at the Inter Allied Memorial at Cointe In Liege, Belgium. Aug 4th 1996
on our way back to wurzburg Germany from the North sea on my 23rd birthday we got totally lost in Belgium. in the distance we saw this tower and decided to investigate:)
it's was a beautiful War Memorial.
I had pictures at one point but they're long lost. but I just came across this footage and decided to post it:)
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Belgia, Bastogne - Mardasson Memorial
Paris World War 2 Walking Tour
Dive deep into this intriguing and fascinating era as you embark on a historical journey through the key moments of the German Occupation in Paris with a 20th Century History Expert.
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