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The Bastille Day parade passes by the Arc de Triomphe, while
commemorating the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789. Taking
of the Bastille symbolizes the beginning of the French Revolution,
which paved the way to the fall of the monarchy independence and
the rise of modern France. The world may call the holiday Bastille
Day; the French, however, just say
le quatorze juillet
—July 14th.
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