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  2. La Marseillaise - Wikipedia

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    "La Marseillaise" [a] is the national anthem of France. It was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by the First French Republic against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin ".

  3. Le Chant des Girondins - Wikipedia

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    France calleth her children, – "Come," said the soldier, to arms! It's my mother, her do I defend. Refrain: Dying for the Homeland Dying for the Homeland It's the most beautiful, most desirable fate It's the most beautiful, most desirable fate II We friends who far from battles Succumbing in the darkness, Let us at least take our funeral

  4. National symbols of France - Wikipedia

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    The national symbols of the French Fifth Republic are: [1] The French flag; The national anthem: "La Marseillaise" The national personification: Marianne; The national motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, equality, fraternity) The national day: Bastille Day (celebrated on 14 July) The Gallic rooster; The lictor's fasces emblem

  5. La Marseillaise des Blancs - Wikipedia

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    La Marseillaise des Blancs (English: The Marseille [Song] of the 'Blancs') is a royalist and Catholic adaptation of the national anthem of France, La Marseillaise.The lyrical content of the Royal and Catholic variation is strongly counter-revolutionary and originated from the War in the Vendée, where locals attempted to resist the republican forces in 1793.

  6. Michael Strahan says he wasn't protesting during national ...

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    Michael Strahan posted a video addressing the controversy he caused by not having his hand over his heart during the national anthem. He also discusses incident with reporter.

  7. List of national anthems - Wikipedia

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    Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...

  8. Fans sing English national anthem ahead of France quarter ...

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  9. Brittney Griner is free to sit out or stand for the national ...

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    The post Brittney Griner is free to sit out or stand for the national anthem. Because this is America appeared first on TheGrio. OPINION: Just because WNBA star Brittney Griner is now standing up ...