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Videos/Pics: France celebrates Bastille Day with major military parade

France celebrated Bastille Day on Monday with a major military parade and military jet flyovers in Paris. The country’s Bastille Day celebrations are also expected to feature fireworks and a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower. According to Euro News, roughly 7,000 people were expected to march or ride in Monday’s Bastille Day military …
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France celebrated Bastille Day on Monday with a major military parade and military jet flyovers in Paris. The country’s Bastille Day celebrations are also expected to feature fireworks and a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower.

According to Euro News, roughly 7,000 people were expected to march or ride in Monday’s Bastille Day military parade on Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris. The outlet noted that Bastille Day, which is France’s most prominent holiday, commemorates the storming of the Bastille fortress and prison on July 14, 1789, which marked the start of the French Revolution against France’s monarchy.