L'Escalade

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[Edited on 12-9-05 by pastorway]
 
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There will be a celebration of the anniversary of this event at Calvin College:

December 13, 2005

The H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies cordially invites you to our Escalade de Genève ("œthe Scaling of the walls of Geneva") celebration. This event will commemorate Geneva´s successful victory over an attack by the troops of the neighboring Duchy of Savoy upon the city on December 11-12, 1602. The Escalade or "œscaling" refers to attempt by the Savoyards to secretly scale the walls of Geneva on the night of December 11th. The Escalade is celebrated on its anniversary every year in Geneva with a parade and traditional food and beverages. The Escalade also celebrates the heroism of Mère Royaume, who was the first to discover the Savoyards scaling the walls and dropped a cauldron of hot vegetable soup on the invaders, and the quick action of Isaac Mercier, who lowered the portcullis at the New Gate just as the Savoyards were about to enter the city.

Please join us in the Meeter Center Lecture Hall off the Library lobby at 3:30 PM on Tuesday December 13, 2005 for the Center´s Escalade de Genève celebration. It will feature traditional Genevan Escalade hors d´oeuvres and beverages as well as an exhibit. There will also be a brief presentation at 3:45 PM on the Escalade and its legacy. All are welcome.
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John Ker, The Psalms in History and Biography, p. 154:

When the conflict was over, the venerable Theodore Beza, eighty years old, returned solemn thanks, and gave out the 124th Psalm to be sung. Every year since, on the 12th December, it has been sung in Geneva.
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