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Fireworks, Warplanes and Axes: How France Celebrates Bastille Day
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, FRANCE, JUL 14 – France's Bastille Day parade featured 7,000 military personnel and international troops, with 65,000 security forces deployed to ensure safety during nationwide celebrations.
- On July 14, 2025, France will celebrate Bastille Day, honoring the historic attack on the Bastille fortress in Paris, a pivotal event symbolizing revolution and national solidarity, with a grand military parade and various festivities.
- The celebration originates from the 1789 Bastille storming that unleashed the French Revolution amid economic hardship and anger toward King Louis XVI's absolute rule.
- The celebrations feature a large contingent of French and allied military personnel, aerial displays by fighter jets, a drone light spectacle above the Eiffel Tower, musical performances, community festivals in rural areas, and traditional firefighters' balls held across the country.
- French President Macron announced €6.5 billion in extra military spending over two years due to rising threats, while awards like the Legion of Honor are bestowed on notable individuals during Bastille Day.
- Bastille Day symbolizes French resilience and democratic values, linking past revolutionary ideals to present challenges, and reinforcing national unity amid global conflicts and renewed nuclear threats.
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Fireworks, warplanes and axes: France celebrates Bastille Day
Swooping warplanes, axe-carrying warriors, a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower and fireworks in nearly every French town… France is celebrating its national holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the most iconic avenue in Paris. Story by Eliza Herbert.
La Fête Nationale and history
Today, France commemorates La Fête Nationale, known worldwide as Bastille Day, a symbol of liberty, revolution, and national unity. Far more than a holiday, it represents the fierce spirit of the French people and the birth of modern democracy in France. La Fête Nationale marks the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris on 14 July 1789, a key turning point in the French… Source
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