Last weekend, tanks rumbled along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris past viewing stands erected in advance of Bastille Day, France’s national holiday. The tanks weren’t rehearse for the ...

The French national holiday of Bastille Day—celebrated each year on July 14, or le quatorze juillet—may spell fireworks and and a large military parade for some, but for most, ...

When the French government dares to turn its back on the people, the people set the streets of Paris on fire. When the French government dares to turn its back on the people, the people set the ...

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PARIS — The City of Light decked itself out in red, white and blue on Bastille Day for the yearly military parade and fireworks show that commemorates the French Revolution and the history of the ...

Today, July 14, is Bastille Day. It is the anniversary of the day in 1789 when French commoners stormed the Bastille prison fortress in Paris in a brazen challenge to the monarchy, marking the ...

We Americans don’t celebrate Bastille Day as heartily as the French do, but honestly, the way things are going, someday we might have our own Bastille Day. Bastille Day is observed in France on July ...

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 light ...

July 14 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1789, French peasants stormed the Bastille prison in Paris, beginning the French Revolution. The event is commemorated as "Bastille Day," a national holiday ...

On Monday, the Bishop Arts District celebrated Bastille Day with a street fair that left us feeling French. Bastille Day, for those of us who slept through world history in high school, is the ...