Did you know that Sunday the 14th of July is French Bastille - TopicsExpress



          

Did you know that Sunday the 14th of July is French Bastille day? Join the French in their festivities and Pop in to Sprigs for your a Sprigs Baguette, La Petit France Brie or Camembert and Napolitans. Bastille day commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:05:19 +0000

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