Masonic Banners on the Paris Ramparts; Paris Commune 1871

Masonic banners flying on the Paris ramparts, near the Octroi Gate and Porte Maillot. The Freemasons were one of many groups who tried to encourage Thiers, the leader of the Versailles Government, to negotiate with the Communards. At the end of April 1871 a group of Freemasons, wearing top hats and carrying their insignia and banners, mounted the ramparts to try to intercede in the fighting, to avoid a blood-bath in Paris. They were not successful

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