Bastille Day is a French national holiday, celebrated on the 14th of July. It commemorates the anniversary of the storming of the fortress-prison in 1789, a turning point of the French Revolution, as well as the Fête de la Fédération, celebrating the unity of the French people in 1790.
Prisoners in the Bastille were held on the basis lettres de cachet, arbitrary royal indictments that could not be appealed and did not indicate the reason for the imprisonment.
In honor of Bastille Day, here’s a Judy Collins classic.
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Vive la France!
Oh MAN! i haven’t heard this is SO long, yet my elephant memory still knew almost all the words. thanks for this!
btw, seven — yes, 7 — prisoners were freed from the Bastille that day. symbolism is important, but so are facts.
The Bastille was also the King’s armory, which now was in serious jeopardy. Hardly symbolic & the King knew it. Does Emperor POTUS know it?