Event

07 September 2024 > 08 September 2024

Include access to the event + museum + temporary exhibition
1 DAY: €5 (FREE for under-18s )
2-DAY PASS: €8 (FREE for under-18s)

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Historical reenactment weekend 1914-1918

NOT TO BE MISSED: THE PARIS REGION’S NO.1 WW1 REENACTEMENT WEEKEND!

In the Museum’s gardens, visit a gigantic bivouac with more than 300 reenactors, vehicles and… animals!

There is plenty to see throughout the day, with bayonet fencing, a “Marne taxi” on the move, first aid for the wounded, with a donkey and a doc, quill writing workshops, war games, presentations of military equipment, and so much more!

Reconstitution associations present:
Association Musée du champ de bataille ; Fer de lance ; IVY Division 4th Recon Troop ; Le colombier militaire ; Les Soldats de Plomb ; Nazapad ; Scènes & Marne 1914 ; Mémoire de Poilus ; L’escouade ; Taxi de la Marne ; Eperon 132 ; Usarg de La Madeleine 59110 ; Les Renards à l’ouest ; Historium ; TCF 1830-1920 ; Front Matrosen ; STURMTRUPP “West Front” ; Passion 14-18 Histoire Vivante ; 32ème Fab and co ; Ochotnicza Kompania Wielkopolska ; Mémoire France Maroc ; Brigata Liguria* ; RSH.1944* ; Pilotes de Guerre ; Asociación de Recreación Histórica de Úbeda *

In partnership with la Société des Amis du Musée de la Grande Guerre, Renault, Transdev, BFM Paris, E. Leclerc, Meaux Marne Ourcq Tourisme, Pays de l’Ourcq

*New association – List as of July 1, 2024

The program includes horse-riding demonstrations, presentations of vehicles, parades and so much more!

To commemorate the 110^TH anniversary of the Battle of the Marne, discover the battlefield tour on foot, on bike or in 2CV.

Program for the 2024 edition

Saturday et sunday
In the museum park, the bivouac comes alive from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.!

9:45 a.m. – Raising of the flag // 5:45 p.m. – Color dropping
Horseriding demonstrations in the demonstration area
Activities at the associations’ bivouacs
Presentation and driving of a Saint-Chamond tank with the Mémoire de Poilus association
Presentation of Marne taxis (by Renault and Brice Bellier) and an ambulance
New: Sewing workshop, Cossack saber demonstration
Launch of the comic strip “L’ombre d’antan – Marne 1914 – Stories of the battle of Ourcq” + Dedications – In the presence of all the authors and illustrators.

Outside of the museum park

Off-site free

The Saturday :
11 a.m. – Reenactor parade in the city center. Departure at 11 a.m. from Place Geoges Brassens (near the Market Hall) then travel to the city center. Stop at the cathedral then stop at Place Doumer (end at 12:30 p.m.)
On Sunday :
11 a.m. – Parade of reenactors in the Beauval district – under the “Verrière”.
2 p.m. – 2CV rally: Discover the Battle of the Marne 1914 circuit between the Pays de Meaux and the Pays de l’Ourcq aboard a collector’s 2 CV. Tasting of Brie de Meaux on arrival. (Duration 3 hours)
2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Hiking supervised by Coderando 77. Attention, departure from Saint Soupplet Bois de Montgé
3 p.m.: VTC circuit supervised by Meaux Cyclotouristes: A 16 km loop between Meaux, Chambry and Barcy