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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Tue Jul 14, 2020, 07:43 AM Jul 2020

Happy Bastille Day from The Jimmy Carter Library

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Jimmy Carter Library @CarterLibrary

Happy #BastilleDay! President Jimmy Carter and French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing stroll down the Champs-Élysées, 1/4/78. Note the French and American flags on the street poles. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/177444 #ViveLaFrance #14juillet

7:28 AM · Jul 14, 2020

Vive la France!

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Happy Bastille Day from The Jimmy Carter Library (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jul 2020 OP

...and an interesting historical juxtaposition - only 34 years before the photo above: Dennis Donovan Jul 2020 #1

We need our own Bastille day here in the Stated bluecollar2 Jul 2020 #2

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

1. ...and an interesting historical juxtaposition - only 34 years before the photo above:

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2020, 07:48 AM

Jul 2020

WW2 seems almost like ancient history now, but to those over 50, we still lived in the shadow of it (especially the Cold War, which was fallout from the conflict).

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)

2. We need our own Bastille day here in the Stated

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2020, 08:29 AM

Jul 2020

11/3/2020 isn't going to be enough....

What we need is a permanent takedown of the American financial oligarchy in favor of a socially egalitarian society.

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