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Posted By: AnnaStrophic Speaking of La Marseillaise - 07/14/04 11:34 AM
Happy Bastille Day!

Posted By: Jackie Re: Speaking of La Marseillaise - 07/14/04 03:04 PM
Ah, oui. Merci. Here are some shudder-causing portrayals of events:
http://website.lineone.net/~ssiggeman/napoleon.html

Google usually gives some interesting alternatives; here's one with some real-life photos (the second one is what made this site come up for me, no doubt) that caught my eye; I always enjoy insights into other lands:
http://www.sharnoffphotos.com/France3.html


Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: Speaking of La Marseillaise - 07/14/04 07:54 PM
Nine Hawk jets of the British Red Arrows aerobatics team trail red, white and blue smoke as they fly over the Arc de Triomphe at the end of France's annual Bastille Day military parade, on the Champs Elysees in Paris, July 14, 2004. British military marched alongside French forces this year as part of the 100th anniversary of the 'entente cordiale' a pact Franco-British friendship. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon


A beautiful photo:

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040714/i/r3631318336.jpg

Posted By: Jackie Re: Speaking of La Marseillaise - 07/15/04 01:47 AM
Wow. Thanks for posting that.

Posted By: TEd Remington Re: Speaking of La Marseillaise - 07/16/04 07:39 AM
And that high-pitched whine in the background was Napoleon spinning in his grave.

Bastille my beating heart!

Posted By: RhubarbCommando Re: Speaking of La Marseillaise - 07/22/04 11:04 AM
Great advert for air pollution!

Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: Speaking of La Tour Eiffel - 07/22/04 01:46 PM
Yep.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040722/capt.sge.pga46.220704142606.photo00.default-254x384.jpg

Posted By: TEd Remington Re: Speaking of La Tour Eiffel - 07/22/04 04:50 PM
Hardly an eyefull, huh?

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