Paul R. Hanson\u27s entry for July 30 in the  Book of Days 1987 

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Butler University Digital Commons @ Butler University Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 1986 La Marseillaise' and French Nationalism Paul R, Hanson Butler University, phanson@butler.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/facsch_papers  Part of the European History Commons, and the Political History Commons Recommended Citation Hanson, Paul R. "'La Marseillaise' and French Nationalism," in The Book of Days: 1987 (Pierian Press, Ann Arbor, 1986), pp. 370-371. Available from digitalcommons.butler.edu/facsch_papers/502/ This Book Chapter is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Digital Commons @ Butler University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Butler University. For more information, please contact digitalscholarship@butler.edu. ') -__.:..-~--... ,"'~....... -~ ......4) Stage a mock debate using: Resolved that the mandateof the IAEA should be altered to endow the agency withstrict powers of enforcement.Sources of Further Information:International Atomic Energy AgencyPO Box 100Wagramerstrasse 5A-1400 Vienna, AustriaUniversity of MichiganNorth Engineering Library1002 I StreetAnn Arbor, MI 48109Cross-References:8 December 1953: Eisenhower first proposed an agency forthe peaceful use of atomic energy.26 October 1956: 82 nations adopted the Statute for theIAEA.1 July 1968: 62 nations signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.See also guide for Accidents at Nuclear Power Plants onOctober 7.This resource guide has been prepared by: Richard A. Gray,Editor with Pieri an Press.Other Events on this Day: (See Guide on:)1883: Benito Mussolini was born in Predappio, Italy.(November 25)1958: President Eisenhower signed the law creatingNASA. (October 4)1976: David Berkowitz committed his first murder.(August 10)July 30(195 years ago)"La Marseillaise" and French Nationalismby Paul R. HansonOn 30 July 1792 patriots in Paris first sang the militarymarching song that would later become the stirring nationalanthem of France and a symbol of revolutionarynationalism. Composed by J. C. Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836) in Strasbourg during April 1792, "La Marseillaise"was sung by Marseille volunteers on their march to Paris todefend the fatherland, then at war with Austria. The songquickly became known throughout France, and stands as asymbol of the French Revolution, which awakened a spiritof nationalism throughout Europe. "La Marseillaise" wasofficially adopted as the French national anthem on 14March1879.Reference Sources:• Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution. 1789-1799. edited by Samuel F. Scott and Barry Rothaus. 2 vols.Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1985. $95.00.Excellent resource tool, arranged alphabetically for alltopics relating to the revolution.• The French Revolution, by Georges Lefebvre. 2 vols.New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. $34.00(each) cloth, $11.00 (each) paper.Thorough history of the period by the most respectedmodern historian of revolutionary France.• France, 1789-1815. by D. M. Sutherland. New York:Oxford University Press, 1986. $12.95.A major new history that incorporates recentscholarship. Excellent bibliography.Adult Works about the Subject:• Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution. byLynn A. Hunt. Berkeley: University of California Press,1984. $19.95.Includes a sophisticated discussion of the importance ofsymbols and rhetoric in revolutionary France.• The World of the French Revolution. by R. R. Palmer.New York: Harper & Row, 1972. $6.95.Interesting discussion of the impact of the revolution onEurope and on subsequent world history.• National Anthems of the World, 5th ed., edited by MartinShaw, Henry Coleman, and T. M. Cartledge. Dorset,England: Blandford. New York: Sterling, 1983.Includes music and lyrics to "La Marseillaise."Young Adult Works about the Subject:• Symbol and Satire in the French Revolution, by Ernest F.Henderson. New York: Knickerbocker, 1912. Reprint.New York: Gordon, 1977. $69.95.Emphasis on discussion of symbols, with a section on"La Marseillaise." With 171 illustrations.• The Days of the French Revolution: The Day-to-DayStory of the Revolution, by Christopher Hibbert. NewYork: Morrow, 1981. $8.95.A very readable popular history.• French Revolution for Beginners, by Martin McCrory andRobert Moulder. London: Writers & Readers Publishing,1983. $12.95 cloth, $4.95 paper.Illustrated documentary guide to the French Revolution.• The Song in the Streets: A Brief History of the FrenchRevolution, by Cornelia Spencer. New York: John Day,1960.Good introduction for young people ages 12 and up.Children's Works about the Subject:• Living Through History: The French Revolution, byElizabeth Camp ling and Robert Campling. Living ThroughHistory Series. North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles,1984. $14.95 paper.Illustrated fictional account of the French Revolution.• The French Revolution, by Horizon Books. New York:Harper & Row, 1965.370Written in consultation with David Dowd. Excellentintermediate level introduction with color illustrations.Feature Films:• La Marseillaise. (Jean Renoir, 1937).Classic tribute to the glory of the French Revolution,featuring the march of the Marseille volunteers to Paris.• Napoleon. directed by Abel Gance. (WESTI: Societegenerale de Films, 1927). Black & white 16mm available.A monumental epic covering Napoleon's early life andthe first years of the revolution. Includes a stirringrendition of "La Marseillaise" in a Paris club in 1792.Recordings:• Chants pour la Liberti. Histoire de France par lesChansons. (Harmonia Mundi USA.)• The Two Pigeons: Isoline. (EMI Records Ltd.)Includes a recording of Berlioz's arrangement of "LaMarseillaise."Other Audio-Visual Resources:• French Revolution: Death of the Old Regime. (NBC,1966). Color 16mm. 17 minutes.• French Revolution: Birth of a New France. (NBC, 1966).Color 16mm. 21 minutes.The above are a good two-part introduction to theFrench Revolution for high school and college students.Available from major university film libraries.Discussion and Project Suggestions:1) Have students in French language classes translate thelyrics of "La Marseillaise" into English.2) Compare the lyrics of "La Marseillaise" to the lyrics ofthe "Star Spangled Banner." .3) Discuss the meaning of "nationalism" and the way ithas changed since 1789.Sources of Further Information:Bancroft LibraryUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720Maclure CollectionUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladaelphia, PA 19104Newberry Library60 West Walton StreetChicago,IL 60610All of the above libraries include extensive collectionsof French Revolutionary pamphlets and newspapers, allin French.Cross-References:25 April 1792: Rouget de Lisle composed "LaMarseillaise. "10 August 1792: Fall of the French monarchy.21 September 1792: The National Convention proclaimedthe establishment of the French Republic. See the guide forthe French Republic on September 21.14 March 1879: "La Marseillaise" officially adopted as theFrench national anthem.This resource guide has been prepared by: Paul R. Hanson,Assistant Professor of History, Butler University,Indianapolis.Other Events on this Day: (See Guide on:)1718: William Penn died in Ruscombe, England.(December 12)1898: Otto von Bismarck died. (September 23)1912: Japanese emperor Mutsuhito died. (January 9)1974: House Judiciary Committee voted three articles ofimpeachment against President Richard Nixon. (June 17)1975: Thirty-five nations signed Helsinki accords in thatcity. (December 6)July 31(150 years ago)William Clarke Quantrill, 1837-1865by Ted P. YeatmanWilliam Clarke Quantrill, notorious Confederate guerrillaleader of the Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas border, wasborn 31 July 1837 at Canal Dover, Ohio. His first job,oddly, was as a teacher, at the age of 16, at the Canal DoverUnion School. Quantrill spent only a short time in thisvocation before moving West, working as a teamster andgold prospector in Utah and Colorado. Returning to Kansasin June ~859, at the height of the border conflict, Quantrillsettled In Lawrence. Professing to be an abolitionistQuantrill reportedly stole slaves in Missouri, returning themfor ~ .re~ard: On 10 December 1860 he led a group ofab?litlOn.lsts mto an ambush at the Morgan Walker farm inM1SSOUfl. He was later forced to flee to Missouri andOklahoma (then Indian Territory) to avoid arrest in Kansas.One ye~r later he began his guerrilla unit, engaging Unionfor~es ill the. Kansas City-Independence area. He gainedlastmg notonety for his raid on Lawrence, Kansas, on 21August 1863, burning most of the town and killing around150 men and boys. The subsequent massacre of 79 Unionsoldiers at Baxter Springs, Kansas, in October, added to hisinfamy. Moving to Texas in the winter of 1863-64. . 'Quantnll lost control of his band to George Todd and"Bloody Bill" Anderson, only regaining a portion of his oldcommand after they were killed in late 1864. Quantrill tooka small group, including Frank James and Jim Younger(later noted outlaws), to Kentucky, where he was fatallywounded on 10 May 1865, dying in a Louisville militaryhospital on June 6. After a later exhumation of the body,some of the bones were stolen and his skull later used in afraternity initiation rite. It is now in possession of theDover, Ohio, Historical Society.371

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