Program of the Festival of Liberty (1795)To be celebrated on 9 and 10 Thermidor of Year IV, in

Program of the Festival of Liberty (1795)To be celebrated on 9 and 10 Thermidor of Year IV, in accordance with article I of title IV of the Law of 3 Brumaire.First day.On 9 Thermidor, at 5 o'clock in the morning, the solemnity will be announced by a salvo of artillery.At 6 o'clock, a second salvo will be fired, and a third one at 7 o'clock.At 10 o'clock in the morning, the twelve Municipalities will go to the site of the Bastille, accompanied by the Civil Authorities of their jurisdiction.The Central Administration of the Seine Department the Tribunals and the Central Bureau of the Canton of Paris, preceded by a Military Band and accompanied by a Honour Guard, will also go to the site of the Bastille at the same time.The president of the Central Administration of the Department, after having delivered a speech analogous to the ceremony, will plant a tricolour flag on the remains of this monument of royal despotism, bearing this inscription: It will never rise again.During this ceremony, the Military Band will play the patriotic tunes of 1789.The Procession will then set off, escorted by large detachments of the National Guard and of the Army of the Interior.The Procession will go to the Place du Carrousel, in front of the National Palace of the Tuileries, following the boulevard until the Porte Denis, the Rues de Cléry and Neuve-Eustache, the Place des Victoires, the Rues Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, de la Loi and Nicaise.On the Place du Carrousel a pyre will be erected, upon which the attributes of Royalty and Feudality will be placed.When the Central Administration of the Seine department will arrive in front of the pyre, the Procession will stop and the President will ignite this pyre.He will then plant a tricolour flag, bearing this inscription:10 AUGUST 1792 ; the Monarchy is abolished in France, it will never rise again.During this ceremony, the Military Band will play the Marseillaise and Le Chant du Départ.The Procession will again set off for the Champ de la Réunion, by the following way: Place du Carrousel, Guichet du Carrousel, Le Quai, the Pont National, the Rue de Grenelle, the Place des Invalides and the Avenue of the Military Academy.The Procession will cross the field, following the embankments on the right up to the hillock ; goint back alongside the embankments on the left, it will return to the hillock in a straight line.The Music Conservatory will play a symphony, after which the Central Administration of the Department will descend to the foot of the hillock, where, on a pyre, the symbols and attributes of anarchy will be placed.The President will ignite the pyre ; and during his ceremony, the Conservatory will perform analogous songs and symphonies.Then the Central Administration of the Department and a part of the Procession will go to the Military Academy, in order to go in front of the Directory.At one o'clock, the Directory will descend onto the Champ de la Réunion, directly go to the hillock and will take its place there.The President will deliver a speech, after which he will ignite the sacred fire of Liberty on the Altar of the Patrie. Then the Music Conservatory will sing the Hymn to Liberty, lyrics by Rouget de Lille [sic], music by Pleyel. The Directory will then take the oath to defend the Constitution of the Year III.This oath will be repeated by the Constitutional Authorities and by the entire Procession.A general salvo of artillery and a salvo of grapeshot and of bombs, mingling with the sound of drums and trumpets, will announce the performance of the oath and the end of the ceremony.The Procession will return to the Military Academy.In the afternoon of this day, orchestras placed on the Champ de la Réunion will play dance music until the night.Second day.This day will consist,Of races on foot and on horseback, which will take place at 5 o'clock in the evening on the Champ de la Réunion. Prices will be awarded to the winners ;Of a concert performed on the Champs-Élysées, at seven o'clock ;Of a firework and of dances and illumination on the great square of the Champs-Élysées. The present Program will be printed and sent to all Constitutional Authorities, in order to serve as notification letters. […]The General Director of Public Instruction,Ginguené.Source: République française… Programme de la fête de la liberté, à célébrer les 9 et 10 thermidor de l'an 4e, en exécution de l'article Ier du titre VI de la loi du 3 brumaire -- source link

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