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Monday, February 20, 2012

Louis XVI at Cherbourg

From Vive la Reine. A painting of Louis XVI inspecting the royal navy, the one which helped America win her independence and which Napoleon later used to terrorize Europe.
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  1. lara77February 21, 2012 at 8:52:00 AM EST

    Is this not the trip to Normandy when the people saw their king and exclaimed" God bless our good King" and Louis exclaimed back," God bless a good people!" Too bad His Majesty did not take more trips through France; the people would have loved to see their king.

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  2. elena maria vidalFebruary 21, 2012 at 6:51:00 PM EST

    Yes, it is the same incident when he was cheered by the people. The King and Queen did not travel much because of the expense. They tried so hard to save money.

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