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Traditions: the french set off fireworks behind the eiffel tower every year French people have a big feast with all of there family to celebrate
Bastille Day! :D July 14th
''The Nation, The Law, The King''
''Liberty, Equality, Fraternity''
events of bastille day: there is a 5K run and then a block party after that many clubs and bars stay open to celebrate
became a national holiday in 1880
COMPARISONS: The 4th of July and Bastille Day are very similar. We both set off fireworks and many people in the U.S. stay out late and celebrate as they do in France. Family gets together on the 4th of July as they do on Bastille Day. Lastly, both countries celebrate with the colors red, white, and blue.
1370 and 1383: Bastille is built 1701: Bastille becomes a prison 1789: Sommuning of the Estates General 1789: Storming of Bastille 1789: Bastille was demolished so it could not be a prison anymore and the prisoners were set free July 14th, 1880: Bastille Day becomes a national holiday
a painting of the storming of Bastille
