That fear culminated on July 14 in a march to the Hôtel des Invalides to loot firearms and cannons, and a resulting (and far more famous) trip to the Bastille for proper ammunition. That hunt for ...

The Fourth of July isn't the only Independence Day celebration this month. Bastille Day, celebrated annually on July 14, is France's Independence Day—but it's not only celebrated in France. In ...

Bastille Day, which falls on the July 14, celebrates the populist seizure of power from tyrannical rule. It's also a reminder to the modern-day regime that the French citizens who invested them with ...

The Bastille, built in the 1300s, was a structure constructed to protect the city of Paris from attack by the English. Later, the fortress, a symbol of King Louis XVI's rule, was used as a prison, ...

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 ...

Bastille Day is observed every year on July 14. It is France’s National Day and one of the most important public holidays in the country. In 2025, the French people will once again commemorate this ...

Friends of Bastille Day Baton Rouge will host a Bastille Day Mass at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Joseph Cathedral, 401 Main St., downtown. The Mass, to be televised on Cox Channel 15, will be conducted ...

Position your beret, grab your baguette, and don your Breton stripes in honor of Bastille Day, where Los Angeles’ French community is also set to celebrate liberté, égalité, and fraternité. A brief ...