Saturday, July 14, 2007
Bastille Day
Allons enfants de la patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
This was the day in 1789 when the French overthrew the repressive monarch in a broad and at first very successful revolution. Unfortunately, it devolved into a government execution spree, a terror and then a dictatorship with near constant warfare for a quarter century after; and then they restored the monarchy. How very French. Pity, really.
Labels: French Revolution
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:36 AM 
