On 14 July, France celebrates its national holiday in commemoration of the storming of the Bastille prison, which took place in 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
Bastille Day… …is today. The French rallying cry “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” sounds something like our “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” but in actuality it was very different. Although originally the “equality” meant
Fireworks illuminated the sky over Paris on Saturday evening as France celebrated Bastille Day. An estimated 500000 Parisians and tourists gathered to watch the show.
Now, 223 years later, French nationals and Francophiles alike celebrate Bastille Day, formally La Fête Nationale, and maybe you should, too, since, for far too long, France has gotten an undeservedly bad rap. So to commemorate—okay, a couple of days
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