The French national holiday July 14

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The blue, white, and red French flag took shape during the French Revolution. The three colors represent the Republic's three ideals.
Bastille Day, the French national holiday, commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on 14 July 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. Bastille Day is celebrated on 14 July every year. It is a French National Holiday. In France, it is called "Fete Nationale".
Bastille Day is also called "quatorze juillet" (14th of July). It celebrates the 1790 Fete de la Federation. Fete de la Federation took place on 14 July, 1790 and was organized as a huge feast and official event to celebrate the establishment of the short-lived constitutional monarchy in France. It took place on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. Fete de la Federation represented the uprising of the modern French "nation". This marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
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