The Fête de la Fédération or Festival of the Federation, a holiday held throughout France on July 14, 1790. It celebrated the French Revolution - still only in its second year - national unity and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. Louis XVI, later guillotined - attended with his family. This picture shows the celebration as it was held in Paris. From a print by Isidore Helman after a drawing by Charles Monnet.

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