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WALLOON COMMUNITY CELEBRATES ITS 150TH.(COMMUNITIES)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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April 28, 2003
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NAMUR, WIS. (AP) -- Harry Chaudoir Sr. still speaks Walloon, lives on a dairy farm and hangs on to his Belgian-American heritage, even as others in his community move elsewhere.
At 99, Chaudoir is one of the oldest Belgian-Americans in northeastern Wisconsin, the largest settlement of Walloon-speaking Belgians in the United States.
The community is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year even as its Belgian identity is waning. Few but the oldest members speak Walloon.
Belgians came to northeastern Wisconsin in 1853 seeking cheap land, and they ...
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