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Since 1880, Bastille Day has been celebrated annually on July 14 as the national independence festival of France. The date commemorates the capture of the Bastille, a state prison in Paris that fell to a mob on July 14, 1789, signaling the end of the reign of Louis XVI and the beginning of the French Revolution. The holiday is celebrated with parades, speeches, and fireworks in France as well as many other countries.
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