NATIONAL DAY

The 14th of July in France is the national day and each year there is a celebration on this day.

Why is the 14th of July the national day in France?

In fact on the 14th of July 1789 there was the French revolution and everybody went to the Bastille because before it was a prison and people took weapons to fight against the French army.

One year after, they celebrated the day of federation in the Champs de mars in Paris.

On the 21st of May, 1880 Benjamin Raspail passed a law to make the national day each year on the 14th of July

Now each 14th of July there is a military parade and a demonstration which takes place every year in numerous places around France on the occasion of its national holiday.

The main parade is in Paris. It goes down the avenue des Champs-Élysées, to the place de l'Etoile until Concorde.

There are the other parades of a much lesser scale in the other cities of France, for the same occasion, by local regiments.

There are also fireworks each 14th of July to celebrate.