Project Hougamont

[Ulsterman]

On Facebook I recently came across a battlefield restoration project about Waterloo. The iconic farm has fallen into disrepair and private charities are attempting to raise funds to protect the farm from sale/further ruin. Along the way a whole series of interesting Napoleonic scholars have popped up. For anyone interested in doing Napoleonic research I urge you to have a look and maybe even join in. Maybe we can also recruit a few additional forum members :)

[dond]

Do you have a link?

[ColinRF]

Seems to me there wasn't much left of it back when I saw it in 1980....didn't most of it burn down during the battle? I recall that there was no possibility of a visit at the time as the farm was actively in use. It will be interesting to see how "they" reconcile pounding donour dollars into private property that is not accessable. As the Belgians completely vandalized the field with their lion mound in the 1820's, I'm not sure that this is a preservation venture I would take part in....but willing to read more.

Thanks for posting it.

Colin

[azyeoman]

It's legitimate and worthwhile. Without the project, there's a very good chance will literally lose the farm and no pun is intended.

[GuyNic]

The website link is: http://www.projecthougoumont.com/who_gb.html. Yes, it does seem like a worthy campaign.

[peter monahan]

This discussion has gone on for some time on various re-enactor/history buff web sites. Some of us are already saving our euros for the trip to Waterloo in 2015, the 200th anniversary of the battle!

[Ulsterman]

good stuff! I saw on Facebook that the 2015 groups have already begun to organize. There have been some very cool pics put up over the past week and several chaps seem to have extensive research materials.