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A look at Bastille Day traditions
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by Pamela Kay
Created on: June 29, 2008 Last Updated: April 02, 2011
Viva la France! These words still echo through history from the first Bastille Day, but today, they
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Created on: July 03, 2008
Bastille Day is awash in contrast. The tragedy of the family of hapless Louis XVI and his family (including
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by Sandy Winn
Created on: June 21, 2008 Last Updated: July 11, 2008
French representatives from eighty-three departments, thousands of citizens, and military units throughout
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Created on: June 23, 2008 Last Updated: June 26, 2008
Food, wine, and music: Three ingredients for a great party. Zee French, zey know how to party! July
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Created on: June 29, 2008 Last Updated: March 28, 2011
Never shy about their love for spectacle, pomp and circumstance, it is certain, that when Bastille Day,
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Created on: June 24, 2008
Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille Prison in Paris in 1789. The prison stood as
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Created on: June 21, 2008 Last Updated: July 01, 2008
Bring out the best champagne! Bastille Day will be celebrated in France and other countries that have
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Created on: June 23, 2008
For the French, Bastille Day is the equivalent of Independence Day for Americans. A day filled with
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