Bastille Day (Noun)
Meaning
A legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- People in France celebrated Bastille Day with grand parades and fireworks displays in the capital city of Paris.
- On Bastille Day, French residents gathered in the streets to commemorate the beginning of the French Revolution.
- Bastille Day was declared a national holiday in 1880 to honor the courage and struggle for freedom shown by the French people in 1789.
- The commemorations on Bastille Day aim to remind the nation of its values, including liberty, equality, and fraternity.
- Each year on July 14th, the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille is celebrated by the French as Bastille Day.