Bastille Day
noun
: July 14 observed in France as a national holiday in commemoration of the fall of the Bastille in 1789
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Seasonal specials enhance the menu, particularly on Bastille Day (July 14), always a festive occasion here.
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Russia’s war in Ukraine – central to last year’s Bastille Day celebrations – echoed in this year’s events as well.
—Angela Charlton and Youcef Bounab, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023
The company also has a line in European action films, including 2014’s Non-Stop with Liam Neeson, Idris Elba-starrer Bastille Day (2018) aka The Take and 2015’s The Gunman starring Elba and Sean Penn.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
Roussel greeted constituents at a rock concert, joined a crowd gathered to watch the fireworks, dropped in on a house party and finally, the following morning, marched in a Bastille Day parade in the neighboring town Fresnes-sur-Escaut.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
The following year, an ISIS sympathizer drove a truck into a crowd of spectators watching fireworks on Bastille Day in Nice, killing 86 people.
—Chris Massaro, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2024
On this trip, guests will have the opportunity to dine at Golden Poppy, Crenn’s first restaurant in France, go for a private tour of the Musée Picasso and get the best seat in the house for the Bastille Day fireworks from the rooftop of their hotel.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2023
Florczak, the mayor of Jouy-le-Moutier, said the increasing frequency of heat waves would mean that Bastille Day fireworks would likely no longer be a fixture in his city.
—Constant Méheut, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
Later the group experienced a yacht Seine River Cruise and viewed the Bastille Day Fireworks at Gigi Paris’ rooftop.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 July 2023
Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Russia’s war in Ukraine – central to last year’s Bastille Day celebrations – echoed in this year’s events as well.
—Angela Charlton and Youcef Bounab, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023
The company also has a line in European action films, including 2014’s Non-Stop with Liam Neeson, Idris Elba-starrer Bastille Day (2018) aka The Take and 2015’s The Gunman starring Elba and Sean Penn.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
Roussel greeted constituents at a rock concert, joined a crowd gathered to watch the fireworks, dropped in on a house party and finally, the following morning, marched in a Bastille Day parade in the neighboring town Fresnes-sur-Escaut.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
The following year, an ISIS sympathizer drove a truck into a crowd of spectators watching fireworks on Bastille Day in Nice, killing 86 people.
—Chris Massaro, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2024
On this trip, guests will have the opportunity to dine at Golden Poppy, Crenn’s first restaurant in France, go for a private tour of the Musée Picasso and get the best seat in the house for the Bastille Day fireworks from the rooftop of their hotel.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2023
Florczak, the mayor of Jouy-le-Moutier, said the increasing frequency of heat waves would mean that Bastille Day fireworks would likely no longer be a fixture in his city.
—Constant Méheut, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
Later the group experienced a yacht Seine River Cruise and viewed the Bastille Day Fireworks at Gigi Paris’ rooftop.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 July 2023
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