Draggingtree Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 The Peasants are Revolting July 14, 20129:40 amR.D. WalkerNo Comments First Posted on July 14, 2008 July 14 is Bastille Day. In France, it is known as Fête Nationale or the “National Celebration”. It is the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison by a mob of Parisians who were, first, after the arms cache therein and, as an afterthought, whatever political prisoners were being held there. It turns out there were seven common criminals in the prison that day and no political prisoners. Governor de Launay, the commander of the prison, saw the gathering mob, and to prevent a massacre, pretty much opened the gate and let the mob “storm” in. In the melee inside, 94 of the brave and glorious storming Parisians were killed. A total of one defender died. Read the rest… http://therealrevo.com/blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 @Draggingtree Well someone had to do it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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