Here is another of my discoveries in the Tuileries gardens (if you notice the trees in the background, you will see a certain similarities with yesterday's photo!): a monument to the glory of
Pierre Waldeck Rousseau, a French Politician who was appointed
Président du Conseil (the equivalent of a Prime Minister) of France in 1899. He was a "Républicain libéral" and he managed to form a government (at that time you needed to make a coalition to form a government and to make it last... 3 years, which was some kind of a record then. But the real reason why he was granted the honor of a monument was that he introduced the right of association, giving way to trade unions. Update: look at what I found;
a photo of the inauguration day!
So who OK'd the naked guys shaking hands? That is just weird, and it gives the "right of association" a whole new spin.
ReplyDeleteLovely picture! Interesting historic photo, too, so it appears that it was taken the day they dedicated the statue? How cool is that?!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking more or less what Vivian was thinking. What does that say about us, I wonder. :~}
ReplyDeleteI love your photo, Eric, and the historical one is a real find.
ReplyDeleteNice use of the wide-angle lens here Eric.
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