There is still time!…to see the Treasures of NAPOLEON, in Bozeman Montana (I know, Montana!)“Traveling directly from its homeland of France to the Museum of the Rockies, this exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to see more than 250 objects, framed paintings, prints and documents, as well as furniture from the Imperial palaces, & shine a light on the extraordinary life of one of history’s pivotal figures.Created from the extraordinary collection of 1st Empire authority and author, Pierre-Jean Chalençon, the exhibit showcases rare, personal belongings of Napoléon I, as well as some of the most famous depictions of him by the greatest artists of the time. The exhibition was conceived and organized by Russell Etling and opened at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC.” Exhibit Dates: June 1-October 7 *Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of France. Painting by Antoine-Jean Gros, circa 1802.
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There is still time!

…to see the Treasures of NAPOLEON, in Bozeman Montana (I know, Montana!)

“Traveling directly from its homeland of France to the Museum of the Rockies, this exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to see more than 250 objects, framed paintings, prints and documents, as well as furniture from the Imperial palaces, & shine a light on the extraordinary life of one of history’s pivotal figures.

Created from the extraordinary collection of 1st Empire authority and author, Pierre-Jean Chalençon, the exhibit showcases rare, personal belongings of Napoléon I, as well as some of the most famous depictions of him by the greatest artists of the time. The exhibition was conceived and organized by Russell Etling and opened at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC.”

Exhibit Dates: June 1-October 7

*Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of France. Painting by Antoine-Jean Gros, circa 1802.


Hey, it’s Napoleon Month!If anyone asks you what’s so great about Napoleon, just rattle off this.*Kevin (North Carolina):“Acknowledging that Napoleon and the Grande Armee changed warfare forever, Napoleon’s greatest achievements were in the field of law, the arts, government, and civil reform. Wherever the writ of the French Empire ran, there was basic civil rights, freedom of religion, hospitals and orphanages.The Code Civil, better known as the Code Napoleon has survived and thrived to this day, and gave France its first written code of law. It is also a part of the laws of Italy, Germany, and parts of the United States. He revamped French education, reestablished the Church, granted full citizenship to the Jewish people, granted freedom of worship for all denominations, encouraged industrialization and agriculture, built roads, bridges, harbors, drained swamps, encouraged and sponsored the arts, established the first governmental office to oversea France’s natural resources, planted trees, balanced his budgets, put France on a stable economic footing, brought the smallpox vaccination to the continent, encouraged the use of gas lighting, and opened careers in France to talented people, not caring if they were peasant or noble, middle class or fanatic, as long as they would serve honestly and loyally. He also established the Legion of Honor as a system to recognize those who had served France in an extraordinary capacity, be they military or civilian. He also established fire departments, hospitals, and orphanages. He established his regime and its reforms so solidly that fifteen years of restored Bourbon rule couldn’t get rid of it.”- via PBS*More to come about The Emperor, both good & bad, this month.
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Hey, it’s Napoleon Month!

If anyone asks you what’s so great about Napoleon, just rattle off this.*

Kevin (North Carolina):
“Acknowledging that Napoleon and the Grande Armee changed warfare forever, Napoleon’s greatest achievements were in the field of law, the arts, government, and civil reform. Wherever the writ of the French Empire ran, there was basic civil rights, freedom of religion, hospitals and orphanages.The Code Civil, better known as the Code Napoleon has survived and thrived to this day, and gave France its first written code of law. It is also a part of the laws of Italy, Germany, and parts of the United States. He revamped French education, reestablished the Church, granted full citizenship to the Jewish people, granted freedom of worship for all denominations, encouraged industrialization and agriculture, built roads, bridges, harbors, drained swamps, encouraged and sponsored the arts, established the first governmental office to oversea France’s natural resources, planted trees, balanced his budgets, put France on a stable economic footing, brought the smallpox vaccination to the continent, encouraged the use of gas lighting, and opened careers in France to talented people, not caring if they were peasant or noble, middle class or fanatic, as long as they would serve honestly and loyally. He also established the Legion of Honor as a system to recognize those who had served France in an extraordinary capacity, be they military or civilian. He also established fire departments, hospitals, and orphanages. He established his regime and its reforms so solidly that fifteen years of restored Bourbon rule couldn’t get rid of it.”

- via PBS

*More to come about The Emperor, both good & bad, this month.

“The Crown of Napoleon was a coronation crown manufactured for Emperor Napoleon I of the French and used in his coronation on December 2, 1804. Napoleon called his new crown the Crown of Charlemagne, the name of the ancient royal coronation crown of France that had been destroyed in the French Revolution, a name which allowed him to compare himself to the famed mediæval monarch Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor. ….In 1885, to impede any further attempts at royal or imperial restorations, the French National Assembly opted to sell most of the French Crown Jewels. Only a handful of crowns were kept for historic reasons, and they had their precious jewels replaced in them by decorated glass. Napoleon I’s crown was one of the few kept. It is now on display in the Louvre museum in Paris.”- from Wikipedia
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“The Crown of Napoleon was a coronation crown manufactured for Emperor Napoleon I of the French and used in his coronation on December 2, 1804. Napoleon called his new crown the Crown of Charlemagne, the name of the ancient royal coronation crown of France that had been destroyed in the French Revolution, a name which allowed him to compare himself to the famed mediæval monarch Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor.

….In 1885, to impede any further attempts at royal or imperial restorations, the French National Assembly opted to sell most of the French Crown Jewels. Only a handful of crowns were kept for historic reasons, and they had their precious jewels replaced in them by decorated glass. Napoleon I’s crown was one of the few kept. It is now on display in the Louvre museum in Paris.”

- from Wikipedia

“Few places capture the essence of New Orleans like the Napoleon House: A 200 year old landmark that’s as casual and unique as its French Quarter surroundings. The building’s first occupant, Nicholas Girod, was mayor of New Orleans from 1812 to 1815.  He offered his residence to Napoleon in 1821 as a refuge during his exile. Napoleon never made it, but the name stuck, and since then, the Napoleon House has become one of the most famous bars in America, a haunt for artists and writers throughout most of  the 20th century. Owned and operated by the Impastato family since 1914, it’s a place that suspends you in time, where you can hear Beethoven’s Eroiqua, which he composed for Napoleon, and the music of other classical masters, while sipping a Pimm’s Cup, and basking in an ambiance that could only be New Orleans.”- photo via The Vagabond
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“Few places capture the essence of New Orleans like the Napoleon House: A 200 year old landmark that’s as casual and unique as its French Quarter surroundings.

The building’s first occupant, Nicholas Girod, was mayor of New Orleans from 1812 to 1815.  He offered his residence to Napoleon in 1821 as a refuge during his exile.

Napoleon never made it, but the name stuck, and since then, the Napoleon House has become one of the most famous bars in America, a haunt for artists and writers throughout most of  the 20th century.

Owned and operated by the Impastato family since 1914, it’s a place that suspends you in time, where you can hear Beethoven’s Eroiqua, which he composed for Napoleon, and the music of other classical masters, while sipping a Pimm’s Cup, and basking in an ambiance that could only be New Orleans.”

- photo via The Vagabond

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