July 14th is Bastille Day, or "Fête Nationale," the French national holiday celebrating the storming of the armory/prison fortress Bastille and a symbolic beginning of popular uprising of the French Revolution.
From my rough understanding, the storming of the Bastille has the sort of place in the French national consciousness that the Boston Tea Party does for us, albeit with more intrigue and drama. Because that's how the French do.
Jul 14, 2009
happy bastille day
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