French holidays: Bastille Day

This Friday (vendredi), le quatorze juillet (July 14), is la fĂȘte nationale française, known in the United States and many parts of the world as Bastille Day. And if you’re like many francophiles, you may think this day celebrates the storming of the royal prison of la Bastille on July 14, 1789 … and you’d … Continue reading French holidays: Bastille Day