Irene S. Levine is an award-winning travel and lifestyle journalist. Bastille Day, a national holiday in France, commemorates the storming of the Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution.

However for the French nationals living abroad including in the UAE, July 14 also popularly known as Bastille Day, is a rather sober and formal affair, with many wishing they were back home.

The annual Bastille Day parade - marking the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, an event that helped spark the French Revolution - has been taking place in Paris. Here are some of the most ...

Liberty. Equality. Fraternity. That’s the meaning of Bastille Day, according to Daout Celestin, one of the organizers of the annual Bastille Day Celebration in Piermont. The village of Piermont ...

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President Donald Trump has applauded the Bastille Day parade in Paris, where US and French troops marched together down the Champs-Élysées. He was guest of honour as the annual parade this time ...

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One of the most celebrated dates on the French calendar is the14th of July — the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille in 1789 ... It is a day of leisurely family activities and celebrations.

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Tadej Pogacar delivered another big blow to defending champion Jonas Vingegaard as he stormed to a Bastille Day victory on stage 15 of the Tour de France to extend his commanding advantage in yellow.

Jan 1 (Reuters) - A new chapter in mass attacks began in Nice, France, in 2016, when a man drove a heavy truck into crowds of Bastille Day celebrants. Since then vehicle attacks have become ...