Bastille Day or French National Day (July 14). The Storming of the
Bastille (July 14, 1789).“Fête de la Fédération” (July 14, 1790)
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Today is Saturday 14 July 2018 and we celebrate Bastille
Day or French National Day (July 14). The Storming of the Bastille (July 14,
1789).“Fête de la Fédération” (July 14, 1790).
Happy Bastille Day or French National Day (July
14) “Fête de la Fédération” !!!
Bon 14 juillet 2018!!
Bonne fête nationale à la France !!
Bastille Day or French National Day
(July 14). The Storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789).“Fête de la Fédération”
(July 14, 1790). Happy Bastille Day ! From Super Professeur, Ronald Tintin and
Ronning Against Cancer from Super Professeur
What is Bastille Day?
Bastille Day, also known as French National Day, is a holiday celebrating the
beginning of the French Revolution and the Storming of the Bastille by angry
Parisian crowds during the reign of King Louis XVI, The beginning of the French Revolution and the Storming of the Bastille forced the creation of the modern French Republic.
The July 14 “Fête de la Fédération” celebrated the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. It became a French national holiday in 1880 and has been observed ever since.
When is Bastille Day?
Officially, Bastille Day is
on Friday, July 14, 2017. The holiday is always held on July 14 to celebrate
French National Day (July 14, 1789).
How do we celebrate Bastille Day or French National
Day?
Bastille Day is commemorated
with a military parade in Paris attended by President of the Republic,
currently Emmanuel Macron, and other political leaders. Some 4,000 soldiers, police, firefighters and various military academies take part in the spectacle on Paris's famous Champs-Élysées.
Flags of
blue, white and red fly everywhere, but especially on the Champs-Élysées in
Paris where the large Bastille Day Military Parade is filled with cadet,
infantry, motorized and mounted troops. They march from l’Arc de Triomphe to
Place de la Concorde. Allied troops also march in the parade. The sky is busy
with airforce aerobatic displays.
Elsewhere in France,
villages, towns and cities host their own fireworks displays and dances (July
13).
In the
evening fireworks light up the capital from the Eiffel Tower.
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