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“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

Jean Thurel born in 1699 during the reign of King Louis XIV he enlisted in to the military at the age of 17 with the Régiment de Touraine and would go on to serve 75 years with the same regiment. Having refused any promotions and staying the rank of soldier throughout his entire career he was awarded the Médaillon Des Deux Épées for completing 25 years of service having received it three times and the only man to do so. He having received many wounds during his long military service, he was admonished only once for scaling the fortress walls during the siege of Bergen op Zoom so he did not miss muster. In 1787 his regiment was on a march and his officers worried about his advanced age offered him a ride in a carriage The 88-year-old Thurel refused the offer and marched the entire distance on foot, stating that he had never before traveled by carriage and had no intention of doing so. Though thurel retired from the army in 1792, Napoleon in 1804 awarded the 105 year old Thurel with the Ordre impérial de la Légion d'honneur and gave him a pension of 1200 francs. He died in Tours on 10 March 1807, at the age of 107.

I know I’m gonna feel old 😂

“The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

Let us go fourth and recruit more members to cause and reach new heights !!!

I know a lot of you say his disastrous Russian campaign and I would agree as well but I wonder if there is a different battle or campaign that led to his defeat by the coalition. His campaign in Germany after his defeat and retreat from Russia? The peninsular war? The war at sea?

Let me know what you think

I want to give a quick shout out to all the fathers out there past and present, it is my first Father’s Day as a new dad so I hope all of you have a great Father’s Day!

Yes I know Father’s Day was yesterday 😂

“There are only two forces that unite men—fear and interest.”

Man Napoleon III was such a giga chad compared to beta virgin Napoleon I

With the high cost of butter in France few people of the lower classes could afford butter and the cost to provide massive amounts of butter to the French army expensive, Napoleon III sought ways to find a cheaper alternative for the army and the poor so he initiated a contest that led to the invention of margarine as a butter substitute. This was created by Hippolyte Mège-Mouriés in 1869, who developed a mixture of beef fat and milk to mimic butter.

Napoleon III made France a butter place!!

“The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.”