One of "The Burghers of Calais"

"In 1884, the French city of Calais commissioned Auguste Rodin to create a memorial honoring heroes of the Hundred Years' War. He depicted the six burghers, or citizens, who in 1347 volunteered to leave the defeated city barefoot, tied by rope at the neck, and offer their own lives and keys to Calais to King Edward III of England. The burghers' fotrirude, determination, and devotion to their community preserved Calais from being pillaged at the end of a devastating siege."

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