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Curious or Funny Facts about Bastille Day :
Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. It is called Fête Nationale (National Holiday) in France. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French 'nation,' and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.
Many cities hold fireworks during the night. It is also customary that firefighters organise dancing parties (bals du 14 juillet). Military parades are held on the morning of 14 July, the largest of which takes place on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris in front of the President of the Republic. The parade opens with cadets from certain schools (École Polytechnique, Saint-Cyr), then other infantry troops, then motorised troops; aviation flies above.
In recent times, it has become customary to invite units from France's close allies into the parade; for instance, in 2002, cadets from the United States Military Academy paraded. The parade always also involves the French Republican Guard, and occasionally (non-military) police units; it always ends with the Paris Fire Brigade (which, as an exception in France, has military status).
Bastille Day also falls during the running of the Tour de France, and is traditionally the day upon which French riders will make a special effort to take a stage victory for France.
Shortly after the storming of the Bastille, on 26 August 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was proclaimed.
Adapted from Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
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