POUR AVOIR ÉTÉ LE PREMIER DES DEPARTEMENTS FRANÇAIS POUR LE PAIEMENT DES CONTRIBUTIONS ET L’ENVOI DE VOLONTAIRES A L’APPEL DE LA PATRIE IN DANGER. L’ASSEMBLEE LEGISLATIVE LE 11 AOUT 1792 ET LA CONVENTION LE 27 MARS 1793 PROCLAMERENT QUE LE DEPARTEMENT DES VOSGES AVAIT BIEN MERITE DE LA PATRIE

LE 1ER CONSUL BONAPARTE DECIDA DE LE DONNER EN EXEMPLE A LA NATION LE 21 SEPTEMBRE 1800 TOUTE LA FRANCE SALUAIT LES VOSGES AU SON DU CANON ET CETTE PLACE DEVENAIT LA PLACE DES VOSGES

The plaque at the foot of the statue of King Louis XIII in the square Click for sign's details
An identical text on a stone tablet was found in the city of Épinal.

The plaque indicates the meaning of the square’s name - when the Vosges region was the first to pay taxes that helped the army of the French Revolution.

More details about the square can be found on the next sign Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
FOR HAVING BEEN THE FIRST OF THE FRENCH DEPARTMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE SENDING OF VOLUNTEERS TO THE APPEAL OF THE HOMELAND IN DANGER. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ON AUGUST 11, 1792 AND THE CONVENTION ON MARCH 27, 1793 PROCLAIMED THAT THE VOSGES DEPARTMENT HAD WELL DESERVED THE HOMELAND

THE 1ST CONSUL BONAPARTE DECIDED TO GIVE HIM AS AN EXAMPLE TO THE NATION ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1800 ALL OF FRANCE SALUTED THE VOSGES TO THE SOUND OF CANON AND THIS PLACE BECAME PLACE DES VOSGES