America's Role Model on War and Peace
A ship that arrived in Dover, England, on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1793, brought some bloody news from France.
The Wednesday edition of the London Evening Mail told the story in detail. It carried a simple headline: "Execution of Louis XVI."
"At six o'clock on Monday morning, the King went to take a farewell of the Queen and Royal Family," said the story. "After staying with them some time, and taking a very affectionate farewell of them, the King descended from the tower of the Temple, and entered...