France celebrates Bastille Day on July 14th.This day commemorates the end of the French monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution. This day a big group of people rebelled against France's King and Queen.
The french revolution and more specifically the Storming of the Bastille was due to the fact that their King and Queen were corrupted. People decided to storm the most important prision, the Bastille. This action started the French Revolution, wich took over 10 years. The revolution achieved a lot of changes, the monarchy was over and the 4th of July became the national day 100 years after the storming of the Bastille.
Today the Bastille Day is a very important day for every single french person, as 4th of July for Americans. They celebrate it with fireworks, music, festive dances and bands. Every city has its own firework display and all the people come and see it, after that it is typical to go to a bar and to be with your family.
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