{"id":106,"date":"2004-12-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/2004\/11\/30\/congratulations-on-a-magnificent-event\/"},"modified":"2017-12-12T14:43:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T13:43:10","slug":"congratulations-on-a-magnificent-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/congratulations-on-a-magnificent-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations on a Magnificent event!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">I returned home yesterday evening feeling very tired, but feeling privileged to have taken part in one of the best re-enactment events that I can remember.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">We all know that the main object of such an event are the various historical spectacles, mock battles etc. which attract both the re-enactors and the spectators, but good events include so much more.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Among the events at Austerlitz 2004 we had an excellent battle at Santon on Saturday with over 7000 spectators. The movements of the troops were wonderful to watch, and the burning buildings added to the whole impression.\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">The torchlit procession and the music and fireworks on Saturday evening in the crowded town square were very atmospheric.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Perhaps the most impressive thing about the weekend however was the incredible organization and logistics which had so evidently been put into the event. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">This was only equaled by the warm comradeship of friends from all over Europe who came together for what can only be described as an International Napoleonic Festival!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Certainly many of the press representatives to whom I spoke over the weekend were most impressed by the whole event, and I am sure that they, like myself, look forward to what will be an even bigger celebration in 2005. The organizers are already working on sponsorship and have expressed hopes that they can attract members from the United Kingdom, USA, Australia, New Zealand, for the Celebrations in 2005. There is even interest from Chinese enthusiast ! A truly International Festival!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">To the organizers, and especially to Mr. Miroslav Jandora, President of the Project Austerlitz 2005, I say \u2013 Thank You! <\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">David Banks<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Hon. <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few words from Mr. David Banks, Hon. President of the European Napoleonic Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anniversaries","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1666,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austerlitz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}