What the records say
- When
- 26 Aug 1970
- Kind
- Protest
- Coordinates
- 48.87° N, 2.30° E
- Description
- public demonstration
- Participants
- 9
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Laying of flowers for the wife of the Unknown Soldier
Public demonstration
The laying of flowers for the wife of the Unknown Soldier was the first public demonstration by the Mouvement de libération des femmes (MLF), taking place on the 26 August 1970 in Paris. The demonstration aimed to place a floral spray on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in tribute to "the wife of the Unknown Soldier".
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “action du MLF (Mouvement de Libération des Femmes)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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