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Why is the Flemish holiday celebrated on 11 July?
Today we commemorate a battle that is now known as the Battle of the Golden Spurs. That’s largely thanks to writer Hendrik Conscience. But until 1838, when Conscience published his historical novel "The Lion of Flanders", the battle had for …