Bastille day
Bastille Day also known as La Fête Nationale (National Celebration) or le quatorze juillet (the fourteenth of July) is the French national holiday which has been celebrated on 14 July each year since 1880.
Contrary to popular belief, it does not commemorate the storming of the Bastille as this day was considered too bloody.
It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, which was celebrating the end of divine right of kings and the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789
On May 21, 1880, Benjamin Raspail MP tabled the legislation making the July 14 the national holiday.
Contrary to popular belief, it does not commemorate the storming of the Bastille as this day was considered too bloody.
It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, which was celebrating the end of divine right of kings and the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789
On May 21, 1880, Benjamin Raspail MP tabled the legislation making the July 14 the national holiday.
To celebrate Bastille day, usually firework take place in July the 13th for small towns and July the 14th for big ones.
Bastille day by blueyes42 July 14, 2010
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