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National Guard fires on petitioners

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July 17th, 1791

National Guard fires on petitioners

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

National Guards under Lafayette fired on a crowd assembled at the Champ de Mars. The deaths deeply discredited constitutional leaders among many radical Parisians.

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