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This Day in History - April 24 - Jamaica Observer

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 2003: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of Nelson Mandela, is convicted of fraud and theft by a regional court in Pretoria, South Africa, and sentenced to five years in...

Welcome to the Revolution, with all its blood, sweat and tears

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Le Tricouleur has the blues - The Sound Kitchen

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Who Wrote The French National Anthem?

Who wrote the French national anthem? BBC History Revealed explains… Published: July 16, 2021 at 3:06 am France was a new country following the French Revolution that began in 1789, and in need of a new anthem. With the country at war with Austria and Prussia, nothing could have captured the spirit of the time more than a marching song. Advertisement An army captain (and amateur musician) named Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle was posted in Strasbourg when he was tasked by the mayor with creating a tune the troops could really belt out. Bursting with patriotic fervour, he composed the Chant de Guerre Pour L’Armée du Rhin (War Song for the Army of the Rhine), devising the stirring music and lyrics over a single night in April 1792. Full of imagery like “Let us march, let us march! That their impure blood should water our fields,” its popularity spread almost as quickly as it took to write. Soon it was known as

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France national anthem: La Marseillaise lyrics in full and meaning explained

France national anthem: La Marseillaise lyrics in full and meaning explained