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14 July -- A National Holiday in France
http://www.hightowertrail.com/BASTIL.HTM
Discusses the storming of the Bastille, the subsequent Revolution, and the legacy of the Revolution.
Bastille Day
http://www.progress.org/archive/fold46.htm
An Editorial which contends citizens have not yet obtained the economic justice for which American, French, Russian, and other revolutionaries fought.
Bastille Day
http://hightowertrail.com/Bastil.htm
Provides information about this French symbol of the end of the Monarchy and the beginning of the First Republic.
Bastille Day - French National Holiday
http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa071400.htm
Information on the storming, the national flag that ensued from that, and subsequent history. Includes links to more information.
Bastille Day definition from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day
Reference information including the definition, history, and a timeline of the French Revolution.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
http://www.constitution.org/fr/fr_drm.htm
List of the 17 articles that were approved by the National Assembly of France after the storming. Includes footnote on the writer and his friendship and admiration of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
Embassy of France in the US - Bastille Day: July 14th
http://info-france-usa.org/atoz/14july.asp
Page by the French Embassy Press Office giving overview of the storming of the Bastille.
La Marseillaise, 1972
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/marseill.html
French National Anthem that was banned because of its revolutionary association. Includes French and English words, plus downloadable audio.
Remains of the Bastille
http://www.atkielski.com/inlink.php?/PhotoGallery/Paris/General/BastilleRemainsSmall.html
A color photograph of what remains of the Bastille in Paris.