France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysées, the most iconic avenue in Paris.

France is celebrating its biggest national holiday, Bastille Day, with military jet flyovers, a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower and fireworks in almost every city. Around 7,000 people are ...

Why Bastille Day is a big deal Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress and prison on July 14, 1789, a spark for the French Revolution that overthrew the monarchy. In the ensuing two centuries ...

Those watching the cultural news of the past week probably saw the festivities in France on July 14, Bastille Day, which is ...

France is celebrating its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the most iconic avenue in Paris. And ...

The Bastille Day parade in 2017 on the Champs-Élysées in Paris inspired Donald Trump to plan a military parade in Washington to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday.

Bastille Day reflects France’s ongoing commitment to liberty by commemorating the revolutionary values of liberty, equality, and fraternity that emerged from the French Revolution and continue ...

A soldier bleeds from the ear and a horse falls to the ground during France's Bastille Day parade:: Paris, France:: Images France Televisions and TF1:: July 14, 2025One soldier was bleeding from the ...

Swooping warplanes, axe-carrying warriors, a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower and fireworks in nearly every French town — it must be Bastille Day. France celebrated its biggest holiday ...

PARIS, FRANCE Share this photo [3/18] Troops take part in the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, July 14. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier ...

Bastille Day is also a time for family gatherings, firefighters’ balls and rural festivals around France. Charlton writes for the Associated Press.

PARIS — Swooping warplanes, axe-carrying warriors, a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower and fireworks in nearly every French town — it must be Bastille Day. France celebrated its biggest ...