the time we shared
i gave all to him
Matthieu took me to the cemetery nostr:note1r6v4p2thg437zjmxq00u5auwcvwh6rfx4e06hkwxyyprvy9dg3uqp733f9
28 May 1871 end of Paris Commune: victory for government forces. Final shots and executions in Père Lachaise Cemetery 28 May 1871. About 20 000 Communard dead & 1000 Versaillais dead making the suppression of the Commune one of the most terrible & deadly events ever to take place in Paris.
The wall where the Communards were executed becomes a pilgrimage site for the left in Paris. Sacré Coeur built as symbol of national reconciliation and atonement.
May 1871:
Execution of the Archbishop of Paris Darboy; he had been taken hostage in April and was executed in prison as the Government forces advanced on 24 May.
21 May 1871 Government forces break into Paris: Government forces the “Versaillais” break into Paris and slowly advance from west to east from barricade to barricade in ruthless, bitter, street fighting.
March 1871:
Army fails to seize Montmartre cannon: regular army troops sent to seize artillery fraternise with Paris National Guard subsequent skirmishing with loyal government forces ends with two army generals executed by National Guard. Thiers evacuates all army forces from Paris to Versailles.
Commune proclaimed Paris Hotel de Ville 26 March 1871: the Commune is not a Communist revolution but a reference to the French Revolution. The Commune in the French Revolution was the body responsible for the municipal government of Paris
October 1870:
Gambetta escapes: charismatic Minister of Interior Gambetta is successfully sent by balloon from Montmartre over Prussian lines to organise government actions from Tours. Fails to break through to and link up with Paris.
Hardship improvised cuisine. Severe winter; food starts to run out, population eats: dogs, cats, horses, rats, and zoo animals.
"Paris est une ville d’escaliers qui provoquent l’ imagination’ (‘Paris is a city of steps that spark the imagination’), wrote Julien Grenn in his book Paris (1938). Montmartre certainly is full steps. Today, in spite of the tourists, there is still something quite magical about the butte. This walk takes you through circuitous alleys ways, up steps & cobbled streets, & past ignored areas of the village as well as famous sights, such as the Sacre-Coeur & Place du Tertre."
When Napoleon III together with Baron Haussmann, his city planner, wanted to make Paris as Europe’s most beautiful city, the first thing to do was to sweep large parcels of land near the city centre to Haussmann’s friends as well as financial supporters. This drove away the residents to live at the edges of the city, living in districts like Clichy & La Villette
Mons Martis or “Mount of Mars” came through the Merovingian times. The place was baptized as Montmartre which means “mountain of the martyr”. The name of the place also owes its name to Saint Denis, a martyr who was beheaded on the hill in 250 AD. Saint Denis was the Bishop of Paris and is now known as France’s patron saint.
The abbey was destroyed in 1790 during the French Revolution, & the convent demolished to make place for gypsum mines. The last abbess, Marie-Louise de Laval-Montmorency, was guillotined in 1794.
During the 1590 Siege of Paris, in the last decade of the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV placed his artillery on top of the butte of Montmartre to fire down into the city. The siege eventually failed when a large relief force approached & forced Henry to withdraw.
my way of telling him,
should he ever read my words
that i have never forgotten him
& what he said about the torture he's endured in honesty cos he trusted me
when i leave a space re: punctuation?
that is in honor of my friend in alaska, sam
who was institutionalized so so many times
& ive loved it
i love sharing with journalism
kids
syracuse has literally experienced me lecture on the fly when i randomly stop by to visit
syracuse turns over whatever class in the media lab to me
syracuse knows i believe in press freedom & press ethics & taking care of journalists who work for you