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In commemoration of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny
Born at Chatillon-sun-Loing, 16 February, 1517
Assassinated in Paris in the massacre on the Eve of Saint Bartholomew
24 August, 1572
and the
Huguenots of France
Martyrs in the cause of religious freedom
I will freely forget all things, whether evil or injury, done unto me alone provided that the glory of god and the public weal be safe.
-- Coligny
This tablet is erected by the Huguenot Society of Washington
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