Fédéré

French troops who volunteered for the French National Guard during the French Revolution The Volunteer of 1792, public statue in Remiremont The term "fédérés" (French pronunciation: [fedeʁe] ⓘ; sometimes translated to English as "federates") most commonly refers to the troops who volunteered for the French National Guard in the summer of 1792 during the French Revolution. The fédérés of 1792 effected a transformation of the Guard from a constitutional monarchist force into a republican revolutionary force. "Fédérés" has several other closely related meanings, also discussed in this article. Origin and terminology The term "fédérés" derives from the Fête de la Fédération, the annual celebration during the revolutionary era, celebrated at the Champ de Mars in Paris on the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789. However, the term "fédérés" as used by historians today almost always refers to the volunteer troops of 1792. The third fête of 1792 was of a far more radical nature than that of 1790, and prefigured the militant insurrections later in the year. 1790 celebration At the first fête de la Fédération in 1790, Talleyrand said Mass, Lafa