Paris Seeks Kin of Revolutionaries
Wanted: descendants of the 900 Parisians who started the French Revolution.
Pride of place in celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the revolution will be given to people whose ancestors stormed the Bastille on July 14, 1789.
“Wanted” placards have been posted around the Paris subway by city authorities calling on descendants of the “mob” to come forward.
French authorities are preparing large-scale festivities to mark the revolution, which overthrew the French monarchy.
They plan to form a human chain of ancestors next June 25 from the site of the Bastille to the Place de la Concorde, where aristocratic victims of the mob fell victim to the guillotine.
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