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• He died on the 4th April 1817, at the age of fifty-nine At his death, the government had not sent the baton which is by custom placed on the bier of a marshal, so his son-in-law, General Reille, claimed this insignia from the minister for war, a fervent Royalist. —  The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
• For Christians in this prayer relay, however, the baton is the Bible, and not any Bible but one that was used by fellow organiser Nims Obunge just hours before the relay†™ s launch on 1 August to comfort the mother of a young man who had died in a brutal stabbing this year. —  Christian Today
• The Rundown featured a virtual handing off of the action star baton, as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson passes by Schwarzenegger on screen, who wishes the up and coming star to, "Have fun in there." —  Cinema Blend Feeds
• Franklin several times had to valiantly keep her orchestra in sync with the singers, who were in front of her baton -- the sheer scale of the event gave it a gravitas that seemed far beyond the age of the musicians. —  fresnobeehive.com
• Your Wii remote represents your marching baton, which is an old family heirloom of Major's possessed with the spirit of his deceased grandmother (creepily voiced by some dude). —  IGN Complete

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