Fête de la Fédération

Le quatorze juillet (14 july) in France is a public holiday known as Federation holiday or in English - Bastille Day. A fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastillle ruled by royal authority, the storming of the Bastille for the declaration of man and of the citizen, is the third part of the French Revolution and a day of celebration for the french people. First being the refusing to pay taxes to King Louis XVI and Second the formation of the National Assembly and the Tennis Court Oath.

Which is how we now have the Blue White and Red formed by the middle class a symbol of the revolution and now France itself.

And a great day to be in Paris for Fireworks!