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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Napoleon I
From: nwajsman at gmail.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 06:13:36 +0200
References: <556A6833.5070700@jayburleson.com> <2EDEE8FF-FE0F-4169-BB92-BEE936724B3E@frozenlight.eu> <556D2661.9040305@jayburleson.com>

Thanks?I did not know this. I knew about the exile but not the huge funeral. 
And this for a guy who lost his wars!
In the 1990s I lived near Waterloo and went to the site of the battle a few 
times. There is a large mound with a lion on top  and a small statue of 
Napoleon.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 02 Jun 2015, at 05:43, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Nathan.
> Napoleon spent the last six years of his life in confinement on the remote 
> island of Saint Helena. His death in 1821, at the age of 51, was received 
> by shock and grief throughout Europe and the New World. In 1840, roughly 
> one million people lined the streets of Paris to witness his remains 
> returning to France, where they still reside at Les Invalides.
> 
> Jay
> 
> On 5/31/2015 9:39 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Nice tones. I didn?t know his tomb was in Paris?I assumed he was buried 
>> on St. Helena where he was exiled.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>>> On 31 May 2015, at 03:47, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dome des Invalides, Tomb of Napoleon I, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
>>> Leica Monochrom, Elmarit-M 1:2.8/21 mm ASPH., iso 5000
>>> 
>>> Napoleon I
>>> https://tinyurl.com/outl9a3
>>> 
>>> Please click on the photo to view it in a larger size.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome!
>>> 
>>> Jay
> 
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