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Federation pledges: Military oath ceremony

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Federation pledges: Military oath ceremony

de Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier · Champ de Mars · Marquis · National Guard commander

Lafayette administered an oath of fidelity to the nation, law and king to the assembled National Guards. It projected a model of armed citizenship in which soldiers served constitutional institutions rather than a ruler alone.

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