Belgium, Marseillaise and Brabançonne ; Belgique, Marseillaise et Brabançonne

The Belgians heard and often sang the Marseillaise during the French Revolution. It was still to the sound of the French anthem that they revolted in August 1830, when they created their tricolor and their hymn, the Brabançonne. With the Great War of 1914-18, they welcomed the liberating army by still singing the Marseillaise in preference to their own anthem sometimes. They still hear it in the stadiums and even in the mouth of one of their great politicians, confused with the Brabançonne by this politician in 2007. The Marseillaise is almost part of Belgian heritage. ; Les Belges ont entendu... Mehr ...