September 2020 Newsletter

BHC update; St Roch, Patron Saint of Pandemics; Belgian Immigrant Research Project

Francois by Josie Wautlet

Josie Wautlet's book newly reprinted thanks to the generous support of her family

BHC is open by appointment

October 4, 2020

BHC will be open for pre-arranged tours of our buildings and exhibits.

Beligian Immigrant Decendant Research Project

Francois Romijn is a visiting sociologist from Brussels, Belgium.  He is hosted by UW Madison and will be in the area in October to conduct interviews.  Please see the September newsletter for details or contact Francois at 608-867-6550 or Romijn@wis.edu. Please note that the phone number listed in the newsletter is incorrect.

Northen Sky Theater sings BHC

Our friends at Northern Sky Theater created a wonderful little jingle celebrating the Belgian Heritage Center.  Check it out at the link below.

Jingle

Finding Your Belgian Roots

Sue Havel recently gave a genealogy presentation at the Appleton Public Library.  You can see the presentation at the link below.

Finding Your Belgian Roots

Planning a Reunion?

Hold your family or other reunion at the Belgian Heritage Center.  BHC has plenty of indoor and outdoor gathering space as well as kitchen facilities and picnic tables available for use.  For information, contact Sue Havel at 920-493-2789 or email events@belgianheritagecenter.org.