Pro aris et focis
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Pro aris et focis and Pro Deo et patria are two Latin phrases used as the motto of many families, military regiments and educational institutions. Pro aris et focis literally translates "for altars an
Formal end of the "orange" military Civic guard in Haarlem, and start of a new "Patriotic people's militia" called "Pro Aris et Focis" (1787)
Vonckists
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The Vonckists or Democrats were a progressive political faction active in the Austrian Netherlands and later the United Belgian States during the Brabant Revolution. They were led by Jan Frans Vonck a
Portrait of Jan Frans Vonck, 1791
