Republican Festivals Sponsored by the Committee of Public Safety Were

Republican festivals sponsored by the Committee of Public Safety were designed to

A) raise funds for the war effort by inspiring people to give money to save the republic.
B) show other Europeans that stories about the Terror in France were greatly exaggerated.
C) destroy the mystique of the monarchy and make the republic sacred through symbolism.
D) gain the support of the army through the observance of holidays celebrating soldiers as "the heroes of the republic."