Fête de la Concorde

The Fête de la Concorde takes its name from a festival held at the Champ-de-Mars on May twenty-first, eighteen forty-eight. During the early months of the Second Republic, this event gathered corporations and workers from across Paris to celebrate national unity through a massive public parade. The architect Henri Labrouste and painter Pierre-Victor Galland contributed decorations to the site, which was filled with allegorical statues and throngs of people representing every social class.