The 4th of September next, Emmanuel Macron will celebrate 150 years of a Third Republic was born in the insurgency. The opportunity to exalt the startle citizens who do not let themselves be disheartened by the defeats suffered in the course of the month of August in Wissembourg, Reichshoffen, Mars-la-Tour, Gravelotte, before the humiliation final at Sedan, where the emperor Napoleon III was taken prisoner. The fight continued, inspired by the memory of the Committee of public safety in 1792 and the Nation in danger. Alas, the result was not as glorious as during the year of Valmy and Jemappes.

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