July 14th
France's national day
July 14th is a calendar date, the fourteenth day of July.
In France, it marks Bastille Day, the national holiday commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison during the French Revolution.
The date serves as France's equivalent to America's Fourth of July—a celebration of revolutionary ideals and national identity.
- BastilleParis fortress-prison
- Bastille DayFrench national holiday
- FranceWestern European republic
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- ParisFrance's chief city
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- Bastille DayBastille Day, Bastille, French Revolution, storming, 1789
- French SymbolsMarianne, tricolor, La Marseillaise, fleur-de-lis, French flag