Guided tour of the site of the "Camp des Bretons" of the War of 1870

Name: Guided tour of the site of the "Camp des Bretons" of the War of 1870
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de la 2e Guerre Mondiale Roger Bellon

Discover the site and the history of the "Camp des Bretons" of Conlie (guided tour, departure 14h)

Saturday 16 September 2023, 14:00Passed

Conditions

One-time rate: €3 (free - 12 years) / If Covid-19 is still active: wearing the mask is mandatory and limited number of participants (details on the website and the museum’s facebook page).

Registration

02 43 29 39 49 musee.bellon@wanadoo.fr

Musée de la 2ème Guerre mondiale Roger Bellon

1870: to fight and repel the Prussian army, Leon Gambetta, Minister of the Interior of the Government of National Defence decides to constitute troops. General Emile de Kératry was then in charge of raising an army of Breton volunteers. He chose Conlie as his site. Thus, from October 1870 to January 1871, a gigantic camp - located on the land in the middle of which the Roger Bellon Museum of the Second World War is located today - will welcome more than 50,000 Bretons (some sources even suggest the figure of 80,000). But these thousands of men will receive virtually no weapons or military training…
On Saturday, September 17, at 2 pm, Laurent Cargouet will evoke this story while showing what was the site of this camp.
It is advisable to book either by phone (02 43 29 39 49) or by email (musee.bellon@wanadoo.fr).
Finally, the wearing of a fluorescent safety vest is advised. (departure of this "Stroll in history" of the Museum of the 2nd World War Roger Bellon - place to withdraw to the reception of the museum).

About the location

Musée de la 2e Guerre Mondiale Roger Bellon

Le Camp (route de Sillé-le-Guillaume), 72240 Conlie

Sarthe
Pays de la Loire

Spread over 450 m² of chronologically organized exhibition, more than 2,000 authentic pieces, military and civilian - including a hundred models in uniforms or uniforms and fifty works on wood sculpted by Roger Bellon - will make you find or discover the actors, famous and anonymous, as well as the events of the 2nd World War, from June 1940 to the release of prisoners and concentration camps. One of the oldest French museums dedicated to this conflict, which bears not only the name but also the singular history of its creator.