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MisterP

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8. hmm, the first celebration thereof was opened by Louis XVI [edited] himself

Reply to Jack Rabbit (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 04:28 PM

Jul 2014

Last edited Tue Jul 15, 2014, 03:00 PM - Edit history (1)

who was greeted by a "foule ... très enthousiaste"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fete_de_la_Federation
ah well!

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Happy Bastille Day [View all] Jack Rabbit Jul 2014 OP

Vive La France! femmocrat Jul 2014 #1

beautiful. one day I will see it. bucket list. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #15

Same here. femmocrat Jul 2014 #19

aux barricades, citoyens! alterfurz Jul 2014 #2

Ah, history-will it repeat packman Jul 2014 #3

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité! another_liberal Jul 2014 #4

I wish history would repeat. BobbyBoring Jul 2014 #5

Today is Bastille day? Takket Jul 2014 #6

My guess would be Philip the Fair Jack Rabbit Jul 2014 #7

Cool story but guess again :) Takket Jul 2014 #14

Charles V/VI Jack Rabbit Jul 2014 #21

You are still wrong..... sorry! Takket Jul 2014 #22

That wasn't very Fair! femmocrat Jul 2014 #20

hmm, the first celebration thereof was opened by Louis XVI [edited] himself MisterP Jul 2014 #8

The Sun King, who thought the world revolved around him, wasn't celebrating what we're celebrating Jack Rabbit Jul 2014 #9

obviously, since the Sun King died in 1715 ... :-D MisterP Jul 2014 #24

That's 1789 Jack Rabbit Jul 2014 #25

drat! I misnumbered the kings (and I was dinging the Third Republic, not the revolutionaries or MisterP Jul 2014 #29

You're probably right. Jack Rabbit Jul 2014 #30

Allons enfants de la Patrie, sarisataka Jul 2014 #10

!! Jack Rabbit Jul 2014 #12

Here's another aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #23

Chinchin!!! Zorra Jul 2014 #11

Imagine how cool it would have been KamaAina Jul 2014 #13

Marianne, the national symbol of France aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #16

Lyrics to La Marseillaise: scarletwoman Jul 2014 #17

So I guess it is up to me to do this.... Motown_Johnny Jul 2014 #18

my sweet dad would be 87 today. Fifty years after he was born, his first grandson roguevalley Jul 2014 #26

standard greeting left is right Jul 2014 #27

Thanks! A bas les aristocrats. nt raccoon Jul 2014 #28

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