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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jul 29

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Today In History

    Only the French would build a war memorial *and call it a monument to triumph* 21 years after they lost the war.https://twitter.com/URDailyHistory/status/1420822684716388356 …

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    Today In History @URDailyHistory
    29 July 1836: The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is inaugurated. It honors those who died for #France in French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Beneath its vault is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from WWI. It was Inspired by the Arch of Titus in Rome. #ad https://amzn.to/3g9elWL  pic.twitter.com/bWxpc9PWA6
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      1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jul 29

        I mean, there are plenty of war memorials to defeats. The Confederacy, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Hiroshima, the Irish risings of 1798 & 1916, etc. But none with quite the misplaced panache and grandeur of the Arc de Triomphe.

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      2. Joe Meek‏ @MaisonDeSnark Jul 29
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        Because is was commissioned after Austerlitz?

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      3. Joe Meek‏ @MaisonDeSnark Jul 29
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        Dan, for some reason, assumes that France somehow lost every battle and thus the word triumph should be stricken from their language.

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      1. CCD‏ @ConwayCD Jul 29
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        Commissioned in 1806 France was a dominate power at that time.

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      1. Pradheep J. Shanker‏ @Neoavatara Jul 29
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        The ultimate participation award.

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      1. Bebe von Shtupp‏ @bebe_strange Jul 29
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        So an unknown soldier is buried under where there’s a lot of traffic. Nice.

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      1. Martyhawk79‏ @martytantum Jul 29
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        It is beautiful and poignant both outside and within the building though.

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      1. MJ‏ @futuredci Jul 29
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        Well the “triumph” was Napoleon’s defeat of the Holy Roman Empire in 1805, no? Hence the symbolism.

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      1. Tommy‏ @TommyBeeswax Jul 29
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        Great John Cleese joke: "Why did the French fight so many civil wars? So they can win one from time to time"

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