The Monumental Legacy of 'Belgian King Leopold II, The Builder King'
Leopold II was known as the ‘Builder King’ due to the many monuments and buildings he commissioned during his reign. He made Brussels a gem of architecture and had, in fact, realized a part of his dream: that Brussels be transformed into a ‘Little Paris.’ Many of these monuments that stand today are architectural masterworks.
Writing for Catholic News Agency, however, Matt Hadro reported that Dallas Carter, a native Hawaiian and a catechist for the diocese of Honolulu, observed St. Damien of Molokai is a “hero” to the people of Hawaii. Father Damien “gave his life” ministering to the leper colony at Kalaupapa peninsula, Carter told Hadro.
“Any Hawaiian here who is aware of their history – which most Hawaiians are – would absolutely, Catholic or not, defend the legacy of Damien as a man who was embraced by the people, and who is a hero to us because of his love for the Hawaiian people,” he said. “We did not judge him by the color of his skin,” Carter added. “We judged him by the love that he had for our people.” He noted as well that Lili’uokalani, who was a princess at the time, made Father Damien a Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Kalakaua in 1881, celebrating his “efforts in alleviating the distresses and mitigating the sorrows of the unfortunate.”
It's not because you are born in Belgium that you are Belgian,
A Chinese born of Chinese parents in Nigeria is still Chinese
A Nigerian born of Nigerian parents in Sweden is still Nigerian
A Sweed born of Swedish parents in Morocco is still Swedish
A Moroccan born of Moroccan parents in Belgium is still Moroccan
A Belgian born of Belgian parents in Congo is still Belgian
it is as simpel as that!
King Leopold II The Great, King of Belgium, King of the Begian Nation, High King of the Belgians, I Offer Thee Salutations, From Myself And From My Nation, Rest In Peace, For We Are Awake, And We Will Always Stay Awake!
Evil Satanic Walloon and Flemish Socialists turned Belgian cities, like Antwerp, Liege, Mechelen, Leuven, Chaleroi, and Brussels, the once great capital of the Belgian Colonial Empire into a third world dump!
In March 2012 the head of State Security Service in Belgium, estimated there were 1000 jihadist sympathizers in the country, of which about 100 were hardcore supporters. Up to 2018, an estimated 450 individuals had travelled from Belgium to join the civil war in Syria and Iraq. Of those, 75 were linked to the Sharia4Belgium network. In July 2018, courts announced that Belgium had no obligation to bring children of Islamic State members to Belgium.
Belgium, a country in Western Europe, is known for medieval towns, Renaissance architecture and as headquarters of the European Union and NATO. The country has distinctive regions including Dutch-speaking Flanders to the north, French-speaking Wallonia to the south and a German-speaking community to the east. The bilingual capital, Brussels, has ornate guildhalls at Grand-Place and elegant art-nouveau buildings.
The #Belgian Royal Guard Escort is a horse and motorcyclemounted unit that accompanies the Belgian monarch on ceremonial occasions. It also provides escorts for foreign visiting heads of state and ambassadors presenting their credentials at the Royal Palace in #Brussels.
Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups or communities: the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community, which constitutes about 60 percent of the population, and the French-speaking Community, which constitutes about 40 percent of the population. A small German-speaking Community, numbering around one percent, exists in the East Cantons. The Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual (French and Dutch), although French is the dominant language. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its political history and complex system of governance, made up of six different governments.
How the Coastal cities in belgium like #Blankenberge, #Oostende and #Knokke used to look like before the Cultural Enrichment of African and Muslim Migrants or as they are now called 'New Belgians'...