Word: mirabeau
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...clock. The special topic today will be "The Flight to Varennes" and will be illustrated by about 80 stereopticon slides, including views of the principal buildings of Paris and political caricatures. The lecture will deal with the different events leading up to the flight, with special reference to Mirabeau and the clergy, the flight itself in brief, the capture of the king and queen, and their return to Paris...
...lecturer then gave an account of the other great festivals, mentioning in particular that which attended the funeral ceremony for Mirabeau, the Festival of Liberty, and the Festival of the Supreme Being organized by Robespierre...