On August 26, 1830, the day after the rioting at the Brussels Opera and the start of the Belgian Revolution, the flag of France was flown from the city hall of Brussels.
The poem reflects on the wartime meaning of the colours of the Belgian flag.
Belgium | Belgium national football team | Flag of the United States | Leopold II of Belgium | flag | Anti-Flag | Flag of France | Albert II of Belgium | Leopold I of Belgium | Albert I of Belgium | Monarchy of Belgium | Leopold III of Belgium | Flag of Canada | Nieuwpoort, Belgium | French Community of Belgium | Waterloo, Belgium | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium | Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima | Belgium, Wisconsin | Spa, Belgium | Rochefort, Belgium | Queen Paola of Belgium | Order of Leopold (Belgium) | Halle, Belgium | Flag of Mexico | Flag of Ireland | Aalst, Belgium | Tour of Belgium | The Red Flag | Parti Socialiste (Belgium) |