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2011 Bastille Day celebration { 10 images } Created 17 Jul 2011

Celebrants and reenactors gathered at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis July 17, 2011 to mark Bastille Day. The French celebrate their revolution that day, on the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries were imprisoned by the French monarchy.
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  • 17 July 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- Cyndie Ahrens, in the role of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, visits with friends before the Bastille Day Celebration at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis Sunday, July 17, 2011. Bastille Day commemorates the storming in 1789 of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries and criminals were imprisoned by the French monarchy. The French Revolution followed, with the monarchy overthrown in 1792 and the "real" Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in 1793. Photo © copyright 2011 Sid Hastings.
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  • 17 July 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- French reenactors John Mefford (left) Don Nadeau, John Dehne and Keith Welch prepares to fire their flintlock muskets during the Bastille Day Celebration at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis Sunday, July 17, 2011. Bastille Day commemorates the storming in 1789 of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries and criminals were imprisoned by the French monarchy. The French Revolution followed, with the monarchy overthrown in 1792. The men are members of French Régiment de Guyenne, which fought in North America during the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years War). Photo © copyright 2011 Sid Hastings.
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  • 17 July 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- French reenactors Keith Welch (left) and Max Burkheart march in formation during the Bastille Day Celebration at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis Sunday, July 17, 2011. Bastille Day commemorates the storming in 1789 of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries and criminals were imprisoned by the French monarchy. The French Revolution followed, with the monarchy overthrown in 1792. The men are members of French Régiment de Guyenne, which fought in North America during the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years War). Photo © copyright 2011 Sid Hastings.
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  • 17 July 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- Cyndie Ahrens, in the role of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, is joined by 21st century Americans Gerald Mueller (left) and Katherine Patterson as a reading from the "Declaration of the Rights of Man" is presented during the Bastille Day Celebration at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis Sunday, July 17, 2011. Bastille Day commemorates the storming in 1789 of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries and criminals were imprisoned by the French monarchy. The French Revolution, of which the  "Declaration of the Rights of Man" is the founding document, quickly followed. The monarchy was overthrown in 1792 and the "real" Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in 1793. Photo © copyright 2011 Sid Hastings.
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  • 17 July 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- Cyndie Ahrens, in the role of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, visits with celebrants and other reenactors at the Bastille Day Celebration at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis Sunday, July 17, 2011. Bastille Day commemorates the storming in 1789 of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries and criminals were imprisoned by the French monarchy. The French Revolution followed, with the monarchy overthrown in 1792 and the "real" Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in 1793. Photo © copyright 2011 Sid Hastings.
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  • 17 July 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- Celebrants sing the French national anthem "Les Marseillasie" during the Bastille Day Celebration at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis Sunday, July 17, 2011. Bastille Day commemorates the storming in 1789 of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries and criminals were imprisoned by the French monarchy. The French Revolution followed, with the monarchy overthrown in 1792.  Photo © copyright 2011 Sid Hastings.
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  • 17 July 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- Andronike Giannopoulos (right), a teacher from Chicago, prepares to fire a flintlock musket with help from French reenactors Max Burkheart (left) and Keith Welch (center) during the Bastille Day Celebration at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis Sunday, July 17, 2011. Bastille Day commemorates the storming in 1789 of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries and criminals were imprisoned by the French Monarchy. The French Revolution followed, with the Monarchy overthrown in 1792. The men are members of French Régiment de Guyenne, which fought in North America during the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years War). Giannopoulos in studying this summer at Washington University in St. Louis...Photo by Sid Hastings o For the Post-Dispatch
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  • 17 July 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- Laura Butterfield (right), a teacher from San Antonio, Texas, prepares to fire a flintlock musket with help from French reenactors Max Burkheart (center) and Keith Welch during the Bastille Day Celebration at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis Sunday, July 17, 2011. Bastille Day commemorates the storming in 1789 of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries and criminals were imprisoned by the French Monarchy. The French Revolution followed, with the Monarchy overthrown in 1792. The men are members of French Régiment de Guyenne, which fought in North America during the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Year's War). Butterfield in studying this summer at Washington University in St. Louis...Photo by Sid Hastings o For the Post-Dispatch
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  • 17 July 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- Laura Butterfield (center), a teacher from San Antonio, Texas, celebrates after firing a flintlock musket with during the Bastille Day Celebration at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis Sunday, July 17, 2011. Bastille Day commemorates the storming in 1789 of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries and criminals were imprisoned by the French Monarchy. The French Revolution followed, with the Monarchy overthrown in 1792. Butterfield in studying this summer at Washington University in St. Louis...Photo by Sid Hastings o For the Post-Dispatch
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  • 17 July 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- Cyndie Ahrens, in the role of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, is escorted from the Bastille Day Celebration at Chatillon DeMenil in St. Louis Sunday, July 17, 2011. Bastille Day commemorates the storming in 1789 of the Bastille, the Parisian prison where revolutionaries and criminals were imprisoned by the French monarchy. The French Revolution followed, with the monarchy overthrown in 1792 and the "real" Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in 1793...Photo by Sid Hastings o For the Post-Dispatch
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