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In a moment of Revolutionary-era tension between the French and the Americans, Saint-Sauveur (a French solider and a staunch Catholic) was killed in a skirmish in Boston. The fact that the Puritan Patriots relented to giving Saint-Sauveur a Catholic funeral showed their willingness to compromise to preserve the Franco-American alliance. Today, a monument to Saint-Sauveur testifies to his symbolic importance in this partnership.
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Eventually, this disagreement escalated to physical violence, and two Frenchmen were assaulted; one, the Lieutenant Saint-Sauveur , did not survive. To make matters worse, Saint-Sauveur (who was, like most of the...
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