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Does anyone else see the irony in how they are displayed?

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@faeriemoon wrote:

Does anyone else see the irony in how they are displayed?


And the date too...

 

After a two-day trial began on 14 October 1793, Marie Antoinette was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed by guillotine on the Place de la Révolution on 16 October 1793.

 

 

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@faeriemoon wrote:

Does anyone else see the irony in how they are displayed?


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@MarkeieMark wrote:

@faeriemoon wrote:

Does anyone else see the irony in how they are displayed?


And the date too...

 

After a two-day trial began on 14 October 1793, Marie Antoinette was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed by guillotine on the Place de la Révolution on 16 October 1793.

 

 


@MarkeieMark.   They surely didn't mess around with a bunch of appeals they way they modern condemned get.  They got right down to business.

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Thank you for sharing @ms traditional

 

I'd love to see these pieces in person, especially that 49-karat pearl and diamond pendant.  😍

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@MarkeieMark wrote:

@faeriemoon wrote:

Does anyone else see the irony in how they are displayed?


And the date too...

 

After a two-day trial began on 14 October 1793, Marie Antoinette was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed by guillotine on the Place de la Révolution on 16 October 1793.

 

 


@MarkeieMark.   They surely didn't mess around with a bunch of appeals they way they modern condemned get.  They got right down to business.


I didn't think of that, but you're a hundred percent right.

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@candyagain wrote:

Fascinating! Thank you for this info. What a piece of history....

 

Also, I wonder if they will be on EZ Pay?  Smiley Very Happy


Yes.  A dollar a day for a million years.

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Let them eat cake....

 

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Has anyone done DNA on the hair?