liberté, égalité, fraternité
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| Dame de Liberté: photo by Cliff Hutson |
This day marks the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, a fortress in Paris that was infamous for holding political prisoners, at the start of the French Revolution in 1789.
This year's observance in France will be very subdued, due to the pandemic. Things will be quiet as well in the USA. We have never made as big a deal out of Bastille Day as we do Cinco de Mayo - which interestingly enough is another date that commemorates a foreign event involving the French. But, usually there is plenty of wine, and French food to found somewhere.
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| Brie et du pain Français: photo by Cliff Hutson |
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| Brie en Croûte: photo by Cliff Hutson |
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| Croissant: photo by Cliff Hutson |
Things being what they are this year I will probably just go to a drive-thru and get some fries. I will watch Casablanca. That is a personal tradition that I have long held. The scene where "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem, is sung in a 'duel of anthems' with the Nazis is one of the most moving in any film that I have ever seen. I can not imagine ever growing tired of seeing it.
Joyeux quatorze juillet!
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