Fête de la Fédération
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The Fête de la Fédération was a massive holiday festival held throughout France in 1790 in honour of the French Revolution, celebrating the Revolution itself, as well as national unity.
The Fête de la Fédération at Champ de Mars with in the distance the King's tent (Musée de la Révolution française).
The triumphal arch of the Fête de la Fédération, by Hubert Robert.
Lafayette leading the oath (18th c. oil painting, Musée Carnavalet)
National Guard (France)
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The National Guard is a French military, gendarmerie, and police reserve force, active in its current form since 2016 but originally founded in 1789 during the French Revolution.
Soldiers of the Garde nationale of Quimper escorting royalist rebels in Brittany (1792). Painting by Jules Girardet.
Philippe Lenoir, (1785–1867), French painter, in his National Guard uniform. By Horace Vernet (1789–1863)
The National Guard at the Battle of Paris in 1814
A company of the 2nd Legion of the National Guard on the Champs de Mars in Paris (1836)