On this day in 1875 Albert I of Belgium was born.

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  1. For his day and age, he seemed to have been pretty based. Was close to his soldiers, didn’t send them into senseless offensives, and after the war he played a role in liberalising the voting system of that time.

    Not sure about his track record in Congo, but I guess it’s hard to do worse than Leopold II.

  2. Perhaps our historians can clear this one up: was there or wasn’t there a Prins Albert in his personal affects?

  3. Lead the way, we will follow into the fray

    We will hold the line we will not be led astray
    For king and for country, we are flooding the river
    Our stand at Yser will be, the end of the race to the sea
    The last piece of Belgium is free, we’re keeping a sliver
    A cog in the war machine, October of 1914

    As our foe draws forth we are moving on north
    We will never let them have it all
    There’s a price for freedom paid by Belgiums sons
    They may take our towns, they may conquer our grounds
    We’ll defend the nation and the crown

    We’ll uphold our independence with our guns

  4. American here. Does someone want to explain the significance of this man in Belgium’s history? (Of course I’m going to look it up also)

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