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Statue of Lippens and De Bruyne
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Location: Blankenberge, Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
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December 22, 2024
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Joseph Lippens and Henri De Bruyne were officers in the army of King Leopold II. Lippens was born in Brussels in 1855, and De Bruyne in 1868 in the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge. Their names would probably have been long forgotten if a memorial on Blankenberge's beach promenade hadn't commemorated them both.
Lippens and De Bruyne were honored because they fell into the hands of Arab slave traders in the Congo and were killed by them on December 1, 1892.
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Location: Blankenberge, Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium