As I recall from Conner (too settled and comfy to get up right now and transcribe what he says, so, maybe later) the Pantheonization of Marat’s remains was kind of a dick move because
The Thermidorians did it as a symbolic gesture to gain the poor’s support, because Marat was quite popular among the poor and had been raised to a kind of cult status in the year following his death. Jean-Pierre Marat, Marat’s youngest brother, supposedly attended the ceremony, giving the illusion of family support.
But Jean-Pierre was only one of six to nine siblings (ask me about that one sometime, it’s hilarious) and differences of opinion are bound to occur in any family. Albertine Marat (and Simonne Évrard, since they were working together by that point) very much objected to Marat’s being moved to the Pantheon, in writing, prior to that. Marat himself wrote some things in 1791 about all the people he didn’t like who were buried in the Pantheon, so it’s possible he wouldn’t have seen it as an honor either.
And of course, once they consolidated their power, the Thermidorians de-pantheonized Marat, and reactionary groups went around smashing busts of him and smearing his memory.
The whole thing makes me roll my eyes and headdesk the same way the phrase “Republicans are the party of Lincoln” does in nowadays-politics.
Stuff in French about Albertine and Simonne’s reactions.
The ceremony was also mixed with a celebration of recent military victories, which gave it a different tone altogether. Newspapers from the time also reported there wasn’t as many people as expected, less enthusiasm from those who were there, less happiness, and more coldness. Also important to note: less women where there should have been many. They justified it with “rumors” (and likely bad weather, as people do nowadays, lol) but perhaps the people was just less gullbile than they thought.
https://archive.org/stream/parispendantlar01aulauoft#page/120/mode/2up
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