Piece of the Bastille, Paris, France, ca. 1380
date: label: date made
content: 1789
notes: label: Description
content: The storming of the Bastille, a former royal garrison and prison in the city of Paris, on July 14, 1789, was a seminal event in the history of the French Republic and a revolutionary symbol that has been celebrated in Franco-American relations ever since. The demolition of the Bastille left a debris field that fed the market for Revolutionary relics in France, England, and the United States. The Marquis de Lafayette, for example, presented George Washington with a key to the Bastille that Washington proudly displayed in the center hall at Mount Vernon.
label: Description
content: Gift of Mrs. Sarah Ella Cummings, 1924
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: associated place
content: France
label: associated place
content: France: Île-de-France, Bastille Saint-Antoine
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Souvenir Nation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs Sarah Ella Cummings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.034262
label: catalog number
content: 34262
label: accession number
content: 71118
objectType: label: Object Name
content: building fragment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 1/4 in x 3/8 in; .635 cm x .635 cm x .9525 cm