Sent : 27.09.2016
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The flag of France (French: Drapeau français) is a tricolour
flag featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red.
It is known to English speakers as the French Tricolour or simply the Tricolour
(French: Tricolore). The Tricolour has become one of the most influential flags
in history, with its three-colour scheme being copied by many other nations,
both in Europe and the rest of the world.
The royal government used many flags, the best known being a
blue shield and gold fleur-de-lis (the Royal Arms of France) on a white
background, or state flag. Early in the French Revolution, the Paris militia,
which played a prominent role in the storming of the Bastille, wore a cockade of
blue and red,[citation needed] the city's traditional colours. According to
French general Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, white was the
"ancient French colour" and was added to the militia cockade to
create a tricolour, or national, cockade. This cockade became part of the
uniform of the National Guard, which succeeded the militia and was commanded by
Lafayette.[citation needed] The colours and design of the cockade are the basis
of the Tricolour flag, adopted in 1790.[citation needed] The only difference
was that the 1790 flag's colours were reversed. A modified design by
Jacques-Louis David was adopted in 1794. The royal white flag was used during
the Bourbon restoration from 1815 to 1830; the tricolour was brought back after
the July Revolution and has been used ever since 1830.
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