Bastille Day


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Bas·tille Day

 (bă-stēl′)
n.
July 14, observed in France in commemoration of the storming of the Paris Bastille by the citizens of Paris at the outset of the French Revolution (1789).
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Bastille Day

n
(in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
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Bastille′ Day`


n.
July 14, a French national holiday commemorating the fall of the Bastille in 1789.
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Noun1.Bastille Day - a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789Bastille Day - a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday - authorized by law and limiting work or official business
July - the month following June and preceding August
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The two lead artists Zahid Mayo and Tayyaba Sabir were supported by the volunteers Rabia Tayyab and Hussnain Sabir to complete the project before Bastille Day ie July 14.
Booking synth-pop band Bastille to perfom on Bastille Day is a coup in every sense - more so if your festival is called Citadel.
In the southern coastal city of Marseille, police attempted to stop football celebrations around the historic Old Port area where 15 000 people had gathered to watch Bastille Day fireworks.
Summary: Paris [France], July 15 (ANI): Right after the parade marking Bastille Day festivities was held, Yellow Vest protesters took to Champs Elysees in Paris on Sunday, setting fire to dustbins and removing barricades put in place for the military march.
Dan Smith, whose band played Citadel Festival in London on Bastille Day yesterday, said: "We have another project we are involved with, a whole other band it's very cinematic."
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Riot police and anti-government protesters faced off during Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, while dozens of people were arrested, with calls for President Emmanuel Macron to resign again being chanted out loud.
Some guests made this quip as they waited for a representative of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to show up for the traditional diplomatic toast at the celebration of Bastille Day, the French National Day, on July 14 at the official residence of the French ambassador in Forbes Park, Makati.
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Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, one of the key events of the French Revolution.
The Mount Prospect Sister Cities Commission is set to host a Bastille Day Dinner La Fete Bleu Blanc Rouge on Sunday, July 14, at Old Orchard Country Club, 700 W.
In France, the 14th of July is marked as 'Bastille Day' to commemorate storming of the Bastille by Parisians.