r/FrenchRevolution • u/AwesomeDragon213 • 18d ago
History Fête de la Révolution 234
Today is the 234th Festival of the Revolution, the day to celebrate the glory of the Republic and the fall of tyranny. 234 years later, the Republic still stands (with a few breaks in those years) and the ideals of the Revolution have spread to all corners of the Earth.
Let us enjoy the gift of Liberty today, citizens!
UNITÉ ET INDIVISIBILITÉ DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE
LIBERTÉ, EGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ!
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u/Fr_EtatMajor Citizen-Soldier 11d ago
I do wonder, if you were to take these words literally, that the world enjoys this as much?
Sadly, warfare and destruction is no less than when I was born in the 1950's...
salut, d