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The Bastille Day Military Parade (or 14 July Military Parade, translation of the French name Défilé militaire du 14 juillet) is a French military parade held each year in Paris, in the morning of the 14th of July.
The parade passes down the Champs-Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde where the Président de la République, his government and foreign ambassadors in France stand. This is a popular event in France, broadcasted on French TV, and is the largest military parade in Europe to take place regularly. Some years, guest foreign troops take part in the parade, or foreign statesmen attend it.
Smaller military parades are held in other large French cities with local troops
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AnswerI believe the people of France have a parade; hang flags out and celebrate by eating and drinking. AnswerMost cities and villages organize some kind of ball, traditionally called "le bal des pompiers" (the firemen's ball). There is also frequently a communal meal, and the night ends with the most important display of fireworks of the year, together with New Year's Eve's fireworks.
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JordanOn July 14, 1789, Parisian revolutionaries stormed the Bastille to obtain weapons and free the prisoners in the jail part of the building, assuming most of them were political prisoners incarcerated via the King of France's lettres de cachet(incarceration orders).
They took hostage and later killed the director of the building.
It turned out that the jail contained only seven prisoners, only one of which was a political prisoner and paraded in the streets of Paris as a symbol.
The very next day, demolition of the Bastille building started.
Bastille Day is the anniversary date of the event.
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What day did the Bastille get destroyed?
The Bastille was stormed on the 14th July 1789, this along with the Tennis Court Oath is generally thought to be the start of the French Revolution.
How did supporters view the storming of Bastille?
It quickly became a symbol of the French Revolution, a blow to tyranny. Today, the French still celebrate July a 14 as Bastille Day.
Who built the Bastille?
Charles V built the bastille
What weapons did they use at the Storming of the Bastille?
The people who stormed the Bastille had muskets, which they had taken from Les Invalides earlier that morning; but they had limited supplies of powder, which was why they were at the Bastille in the first place. In the course of the day they were reinforced by two cannon pillaged from the royal furniture store. Many of the attackers had swords stolen overnight from cutler's shops.
What is the French Revolution prison known as?
The Storming of the Bastille marks the start of the French Revolution.
