FRIDAY - DECEMBER 15:<ul><li>4.30 pm: Presence of David Marshall (84th Infantry Division) and Gerald White (2nd Infantry Division)</li></ul>SATURDAY - DECEMBER 16:During the day in the “Nuts Reenactment Camp”:<ul><li>Reenactment activities in a large US military camp (presence of around a hundred military extras):<ul><li>From 9.30 to 6 pm: Catering, refreshment bar and musical ambiance (the bagpipe player)</li><li>From 9.30 to 6 pm (inside the museum): Animation on the life of civilians at the time</li><li>10 am: flag raising (in the presence of 4 US veterans of World War Two and 2 US veterans of the Vietnam War)</li><li>11 am: demonstrations and explanations in the “Field Hospital” (Period Nurses)</li><li>13pm: drill exercises</li><li>14pm: weapons demonstrations and blank shots</li><li>15apm: re-enactment in the “Headquarters” (role play)</li><li>16pm: weapons demonstrations and blank shots</li><li>17pm: flag lowering</li></ul></li></ul>During the day in the museum:<ul><li>Demonstration and learning of decryption of the Enigma machine</li><li>Signing session of authors of the Battle of the Bulge (Christian Dujardin, Roger Marquet, Pascal Heyden, Michiel Janzen, Xavier Van Daele (from 1pm to 4pm), Philippe Gruslin, etc)</li><li>Exchange for books and historical documents</li></ul><ul><li>10 am to 1 pm: signing session of 4 American veterans (three of whom are back in Europe for the first time since the Second World War)<ul><li>Ed Cottrell (48th Fighter Group)</li><li>Ernest Mogor (76th Infantry Division)</li><li>Joe Picard (552nd Field Artillery Battalion)</li><li>William Savage (75th Infantry Division)</li></ul></li></ul>SUNDAY - DECEMBER 17:During the day in the “Nuts Reenactment Camp":<ul><li>Reenactment activities in a large US military camp (presence of around a hundred military extras):<ul><li>From 9.30 to 4 pm: Catering, refreshment bar and musical ambience (bagpipe player)</li><li>From 9.30 to 4 pm (inside the museum): Animation on the life of civilians at the time</li><li>10 am: flag raising</li><li>11 am: demonstrations and explanations in the “Field Hospital” (Period Nurses)</li><li>12 pm: re-enactment in the “Headquarters” (role play)</li><li>1 pm: weapons demonstrations and blank shots</li><li>2 pm: flag lowering</li><li>3 pm: tidying up of the camp and military parade</li></ul></li></ul>Morning in the museum:<ul><li>Unveiling of a new “Donation of the Month” window</li><li>13.30 to 16.30:&nbsp; Meet &amp; Greet with 3 Belgian veterans and a survivor of the Ravensbrück concentration camp<ul><li>André Liégeois, 98 years old&nbsp; (1st Battalion, Company C: Brigade Piron)</li><li>Xavier Verzin, 99 years old (1st Belgian Field Regiment – RHQ Company) </li><li>Raymond De Moor, 99 years old (4th Belgian Rifle Battalion within the 9th American Army)&nbsp;</li><li>Julien Nyssens, 100 years old (former artilleryman in the Queen Battery of the 1st Belgian Field Regiment: Brigade Piron)</li><li>Anne Megens, 99 years old (resistance fighter until 1943 then deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp)</li></ul></li></ul>During the day in the museum:<ul><li>Demonstration and learning of decryption of the Enigma machine</li><li>Signing session of authors of the Battle of the Bulge (Hugues Wenkin and Kris Michiels)</li></ul>&nbsp;Please note: the activities are free to access, but a ticket is required to visit the museum.

NUTS weekend: Bastogne War Museum

Colline du Mardasson 5, 6600 Bastogne, Belgium

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