On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris rose up and marched on the Bastille, a state prison that symbolized the absolutism of the French monarchy. The storming of the Bastille symbolizes liberty, democracy and the struggle against oppression.

• Boston’s Bastille Day Street Dance Party — The French Library And Cultural Center/Alliance Francaise holds an annual celebration
• Bastille Day — From the government of France
• Declaration of the Rights of Man, 1789 — English translation from the Avalon Project, Yale University
• The Marseillaise — The story of the French National Anthem
• Bastille Day: The French celebrate their Fourth of July — From the InfoPlease website

Recipes for Bastille Day

• Mais, Oui! Have a Magnifique Bastille Day! — Recipes for the celebration
• Bastille Day — Recipes from the BBC Food website