Firework by Katy Perry
Thank you to all the lovely fans of this blog! I will keep the blog up, and will post on it when I have an opportunity to do so.
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Please Message Me If You Would Like to Take Over This Blog. If I Get No Reponse By Saturday Night, I Will Delete This Blog.
Please, I would love for someone to adopt this blog.
While I love this blog dearly, my life has prevented me from posting on it as often as it deserves. I am looking for someone to take over the blog. I am, of course, not going to simply hand it over. Thus, I propose a contest. Here’s how it will go:
1. All who wish to take over this blog will send me a short essay that answers the following questions:
A) Who, in your mind, was Marie Antoinette?
B) Why are you interested in Marie Antoinette?
C) Why do wish to control this blog?
2. The top five entries will be published. Then, a poll will be taken by the followers of the blog. The one chosen by the followers will be the winner!
An Opportunity!
While I love this blog dearly, my life has prevented me from posting on it as often as it deserves. I am looking for someone to take over the blog. I am, of course, not going to simply hand it over. Thus, I propose a contest. Here’s how it will go:
1. All who wish to take over this blog will send me a short essay that answers the following questions:
A) Who, in your mind, was Marie Antoinette?
B) Why are you interested in Marie Antoinette?
C) Why do wish to control this blog?
2. The top five entries will be published. Then, a poll will be taken by the followers of the blog. The one chosen by the followers will be the winner!
Please send me your essay by January 15th.
Merry Christmas!
A Note
I will be having company this week and so will not be posting regularly until Monday, October 3.
Firework Tragedy
In celebration of the marriage of the two young royals, the city of Paris planned a magnificent fireworks display for May 30, 1770. Merchants not only closed their doors on the day of the wedding but also for this celebration. Despite much preparation and police detail, an unfortunate event led to the death of many French citizens. It was not, however, due to a firework malfunction. For an unknown reason workmen had dug trenches that blocked the exits from the Place Louis XV (now known as the Place de la Concorde). As the massive crowd of men, women, children, and carriages moved towards the Place de la Concorde people fell into the trenches. In the end, 130 people were crushed to death there. Lord Edward Beauclerk was unable to open his carriage doors for the amount of bodies outside. Sadly, he discovered his father in the pile of dead. It was such a traumatizing event that the Comte de Ségur wrote of it in his memoirs, fifty-five years later. He wrote, “Methinks I still hear their cries…” The victims were buried in a common grave outside the Church of the Madeleine. The royal couple was horrified at this terrible event and dedicated a month’s income each for the relief of those left behind.
On Credit…
I have recently been accused of not giving credit to the information sources I use. Please read the introduction, just below the flag counter. My main information source is “Marie Antoinette: The Journey” by Antonia Fraser. If I use any other source I state so within that post. If anyone doubts this, please feel free to browse through this blog.
