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 The VLGN is a multi-period re-enactment society which focusses on the years 1568 to 1912. The VLGN participates in national events as well as international events. For more information, you can contact the secretary.
Active workgroups in the society are: - Dutch Revolt (1568-1648),
- Blue Guard (5th Regiment Dutch Guards on foot, 1702-1714),
- 27th Jager, 6th Co. flankers (1815) ,
- Kingdom Holland 2nd regt. voltigeurs (1806-1810),
- American Civil War, Union Light artillery (1861-1865). And two studygroups: - English War (1665-1667),
- Grenadiers and Riffles Regiment (1830-1831). |
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The Van Raaltes - Letters from a Dutch Family |
 Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte II was born in 1811 in the town of Wanneperveen which is in the province of Overijssel. Because of religious ideas Van Raalte who was a minister, his wife and their five children decided to leave the Netherlands for the new world. They sailed on september 24, 1846, with people from Van Raalte's and other congregations, from the city of Rotterdam on a ship called the Southerner to New York City. From there Van Raalte and his people traveled to Michigan. Here they founded a new colony called Holland. |
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 The text here is composed and based on an earlier published article[1] and shows the importance to the significant contribution of the army of the Kingdom of The Netherlands to the victory in 1815 during the Waterloo campaign.
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