France celebrates Bastille Day

On this afternoon in 1789, French citizens stormed the Bastille, marking the beginning of French independence. Celebrate the landmark event at an actual prison, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. You may have visited for Halloween, the ghostThe annual Bastille Day celebration honors this victory with one of Europe's largest military parades along the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This year's parade strove to be a grand event for French President Francois Hollande's(AP) – 1 minute ago. PARIS (AP) — Military jets trailing exhaust in the red, white and blue of the French

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