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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the army leaders at the Hotel le Brienne, Sunday, July 13, 2025, ahead of the ...

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 ...

France celebrates nation’s Bastille Day Paris parade, pageantry honors democratic freedoms, revolutionary spirit July 15, 2025 by ANGELA CHARLTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

France is marking its biggest national holiday, Bastille Day, with a spectacular display of military might and national pride, featuring swooping warplanes, axe-carrying warriors, and a drone ...

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 ...