Celebrating Bastille Day

French History 101

 

On July 14, 1789 a large number of French citizens, fed up with the oppression of the French monarchy, stormed the Bastille prison in Paris & set off the French Revolution.

 

 
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Even today for the citizens of France, the storming of the Bastille symbolizes liberty &

democracy in the struggle against oppression.

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