Peace Monument Buggenhout

On June 26, 2024, a Peace Monument was inaugurated in the shadow of the Buggenhout church.
On the massive stone is a white dove of peace with a palm branch.
Below it hangs a picture with the text:
"Flashing, white feathered
Peace will prevail
Where people keep hope high", a quote from Michiel Contryn.

The peace monument was donated by the National Union of Fighters of Belgium.
It is located near the playground on the Kamiel Van Belleplein, a war hero from Buggenhout who, risking his own life during WWI, operated the lock complex every day to flood the IJzervlakte in order to stop the Germans.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck