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Citizen Guard Patrols Protect Public Buildings

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records from PostgreSQL.

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Citizen Guard Patrols Protect Public Buildings

de Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier · Paris · Marquis · National Guard commander

National Guard detachments secured politically sensitive buildings in the unsettled months following the Bastille. Their presence gave the new municipality a means of enforcing decisions without royal troops.

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