le quatorze juillet, la Fête Nationale
Bastille Day
In France, today is Bastille Day — a very important national holiday commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison. This event was seen as an important symbol of the overthrow of the French aristocracy and the birth of the modern French nation. The holiday is analogous to Independence Day in the United States and is commonly referred to as le quatorze juillet and more formally as la Fête Nationale.
To learn more about this important holiday, please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day.
Vocabulary Section: Holidays, Word of the Day