Bastille Day, the annual celebration of the start of the French Revolution, is recognized on July 14, when revolutionaries seized the Bastille fortress and political prison in 1789. People around the ...

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Bastille Day, which is a national holiday in France, celebrates the actions of a mob of Frenchmen, tired of the rule of their king, who stormed a prison to get weapons and free prisoners. It marked ...

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Don’t be alarmed today if you see a red-white-and-blue-clad mime cheering for Les Bleus. It doesn’t mean you’ve missed the World Cup Final, but instead have stumbled into a Bastille Day celebration.

Bastille Day is France’s National Day, celebrating the Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, a key turning point in the French Revolution. And while the French concept of revolution was a tad ...

This is an undated photo of a 1800 portrait of Thomas Jefferson by artist Rembrandt Peale. The French Revolution began on July 14, 1789, when the exasperated citizens of Paris, spurred on by ...

Today, July 14, raise a glass to liberty, equality, and charcuterie—er, fraternity. Bastille Day, or La fête nationale, is French National Day which commemorates the storming of Bastille during the ...

On this day 220 years ago, protesters stormed the Bastille in Paris and released the seven prisoners inside. In honor of the day, Morning Edition uses this opportunity to introduce listeners to some ...

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, ...