July 14, 1789: The Storming of the Bastille
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🗓️ 14 July 2020
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, July 14th, 2020. |
| 0:06.6 | On this day in 1789, a mob of angry French citizens |
| 0:11.9 | and soldiers stormed a garrison turned political prison, the Bastille. |
| 0:17.0 | The mob murdered, looted, and destroyed the building, but they did it all in the name of democracy. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to today in true crime, a parcast original. Due to the graphic nature of |
| 0:36.8 | today's crimes, listener discretion is advised. Extreme caution is advised for |
| 0:41.6 | listeners under 13. |
| 0:43.9 | Today we're covering the storming of the Bastille, |
| 0:46.8 | an event historians peg as the flashpoint |
| 0:50.0 | of the first French revolution. |
| 0:52.3 | Men were murdered. |
| 0:53.7 | Property was looted, but today Bastille Day |
| 0:57.1 | is an annual celebration. |
| 0:59.3 | It begs the question, |
| 1:00.8 | are crimes committed in the name of revolution still crimes? |
| 1:05.0 | For an answer, let's go back to the Bastille in Paris, around noon on July 14th, 1789. |
| 1:15.0 | They knew what was coming. |
| 1:20.0 | They knew what was coming. |
| 1:23.0 | The Bastille's military governor, the Marquis de Lune, |
| 1:27.0 | and Swiss lieutenant Louis de Flue had spent the prior day hiding |
| 1:31.0 | 20,000 pounds of gunpowder in the fortress's vaults, |
| 1:36.0 | but they couldn't keep it from the French people forever. |
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