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    Though Napoleon’s will requested to be buried on its banks, his request was denied in death. How is this legendary waterway related to the likeness on the first Rescue Annie?

    Question #109417. Asked by BRY2K. (Oct 04 09 3:45 AM)


    Zbeckabee

    Napoleon wanted to be buried on the banks of the Seine -- In his will, he had asked to be buried on the banks of the Seine, but the British governor said he should be buried on St. Helena, in the Valley of the Willows.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Bonaparte

    The distinctive face of Resusci Anne was based on L'Inconnue de la Seine, the death mask of an unidentified young woman reputedly drowned in the Seine River around the late 1880s.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Annie

    http://www.bloggernews.net/19166

    Oct 04 09, 4:24 AM
    BRY2K

    Yes...very well done, Z! A sprinkling of lavendar buds atop a Grecian Urn for you!

    Oct 04 09, 4:26 AM


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