"FRIENDS OF THE PARIS COMMUNE"

 

AN ASSOCIATION CREATED BY FORMER COMMUNARDS RETURNED FROM EXILE OR DEPORTATION

(IN 1882) 

  

46 rue des Cinq-Diamants,13th
https://www.commune1871.org/

A teacher explains La Commune to kids.

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A plaque at Père Lachaise cemetery recalls the shootings.

This is the original. Damaged by the passage of time it was given to the association, which exhibits it in its locale:

"To the Commune's fallen,

May 21-28 1871"

Volunteers inform the public every weekday afternoon. Some visitors...

"I'll give this to my granddaughter"

(The t-shirt shows Louise Michel)

Railroad-worker militants

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At the annual fête actors present the epic:

 

Alain Leiblanc

MC Willard

"We used to be alone. 

Now 20 organizations have joined us,"

a volunteer said.

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VI.4.

An omen and a turning point