Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Bastille Day
Where in the world? France
Bastille Day is a French national holiday celebrated on July 14th of every year. It started in 1790 because of the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison. This prison was mainly used by the king and queen to lock up people who did not agree with them. It is seen as a holiday of a modern republic and the end of a monarchy. For the lower class, the Bastille was a symbol of hypocrisy and corruption of the wealthy noble class and clergy. This event was important to them because it marked their class becoming popular into the French Revolution. On this day fireworks are shown at the Efiile tower in the morning, an army parade on Champs Elysées (a street) will be showed in the morning as well.
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I remember reading a book in french about the Bastille prison, do you by any chance know where it's located? I'm probably just gonna look it up anyway, though I'm pretty sure it's the one I'm talking about. That's a cool holiday
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