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Tricolour Cockade Presented to King

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July 17th, 1789

Tricolour Cockade Presented to King

Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier · Hotel de Ville

Lafayette and the new Paris authorities promoted the tricolour cockade combining Parisian and royal colours when Louis XVI visited city hall. It became an enduring emblem of the Revolution.

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