Photos: Here's how France celebrated Bastille Day

France celebrated its national day, also known as Bastille Day on Wednesday (July 14, 2021) with fireworks and parades. In French it is called la Fête nationale or le 14 juillet. ...read more

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This day marks the fall of Bastille when an angry mob stormed and captured the military fortress and prison on July 14, 1789, signalling the beginning of the French Revolution. Here's how France marked its national day. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP)

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As part of the annual Bastille Day celebration, fireworks exploded above the Eiffel Tower, replica of the Statue of Liberty and the Seine River on July 14.(Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP)

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Eighty-six lights were displayed at night over the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southeastern France to mark the 5th anniversary of a jihadist truck attack where a man drove a 19-tonne truck six years ago into a crowd, killing 86 people.(Photo by Nicolas TUCAT/AFP)

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People watch the fireworks explode above the Eiffel Tower as part of the celebrations in Paris. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron and French Armies Chief of Staff General Francois Lecointre stand in the command car as they review the troops during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN/POOL / AFP)

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Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris as France celebrated its national holiday with thousands of troops marching in a Paris parade and traditional parties around the country.(AP/PTI )