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23. Here's another

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:47 PM

Jul 2014

from the 1938 film La Marseillaise by the great director Jean Renoir (son of the famous painter). La Marseillaise was written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. It was originally called the War Song Of The Rhine Army and was written when French troops were fighting both an internal war against the King's armies but also a war against the Prussian and Austrian crowns' armies at the Rhine river, who invaded France to try to put down the revolution. It's said the first troops to sing the song were volunteers from Marseille who brought it to the streets of Paris, hence the new name.

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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

Libert�, �galit�, Fraternit�! 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