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Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is called la Fête Nationale ("National Holiday"), in official parlance, or more commonly "le quatorze juillet" ("14th of July"). It commemorates the 1790 Fête...


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The Washington Post
Bastille Day
07/14/1989: 522 words, approx. 2 pages
IN JUNE 1780 a London mob sacked and burned the formidable Newgate prison, freeing some 300 prisoners. Nine years later-two centuries ago today-a Paris mob stormed the Bastille with similar success. The current trend of revisionism in the history of the French Revolution likes...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bastille Days
07/12/2001: 1,107 words, approx. 4 pages
Bastille Days By JAN UEBELHERR of the Journal Sentinel staff Thursday, July 12, 2001 On July 14, 1789, an angry mob inspired by hunger and injustice stormed the Bastille, a 14th-century castle that had been turned into a prison. ...
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France stages all-European Bastille Day
7/14/2007: 258 words, approx. 1 pages
Troops from all 27 European Union nations marched in France's Bastille Day parade for the first time Saturday, part of a revamped celebration enacted by new President Nicolas Sarkozy."It's a party. It's Europe's party," Sarkozy said of the holiday, his first as president. "It was...
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Ministers propose new 'Britain Day'
6/5/2007: 307 words, approx. 1 pages
Two government ministers have proposed that Britain inaugurate a new national holiday to celebrate the country's history and achievements: Britain Day.The proposed holiday, a British version of America's Fourth of July, is the latest sign that Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party is seeking ways...
 


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Bastille Day
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This essay is about the begining of Bastille Day.


 

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