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Colored engraving showing a crowd of revolutionaries storming the Bastille fortress, with smoke and flames rising from a building, during the French Revolution on July 14, 1789. Patrouille de France jets fly over Paris, leaving blue, white, and red smoke trails above the Grand Palais with a French flag on top, during Bastille Day celebrations.
Black and white illustration of French revolutionaries storming the Bastille, with armed crowds, cannon, smoke, and the fortress gate in the background.
French soldiers in formal uniforms with red plumed hats march in formation along the Champs Elysees under French flags, with trees lining the street in the background. Rows of soldiers in uniform march with flags near the Arc de Triomphe during the Great Victory Parade in Paris, France, celebrating the end of World War I.
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What Does Bastille Day Celebrate?
The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, was a pivotal moment in the French...
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Storming of the Bastille
The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, undated colored engraving.
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Bastille Day
French jets trailing the national colors over Paris during Bastille Day celebrations,...
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Bastille Day: military parade
Military parade on the Champs-Élysées in Paris to celebrate Bastille Day, 2012.
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Great Victory Parade
Parade celebrating Bastille Day and the end of World War I, Paris, July 14, 1919.
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