Bastille Day: France Celebrates The Rebellion That Triggered The French Revolution | IN PICS

France celebrated its national holiday on Thursday with thousands of French troops marching down the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris. Bastille Day marks the July 14, 1789, storming of the Bastille prison by angry Paris crowds that helped spark the French Revolution and by extension, a spirit of national unity. (Image Source: AFP)

Members of the Maritime force of Marine Fusiliers and commandos (Force maritime des fusiliers marins et commandos) parade during the Bastille Day military parade. (Image Source: AFP)

The parade also featured warplanes, military vehicles and a drone in a performance. The opening of this year’s Bastille Day parade was designed to demonstrate France’s commitment to NATO and to European allies touched most closely by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, AP reported. (Image Source: AFP)

A drawing of the Bastille is displayed during the unveiling of the restored Lafayette Room to honor Bastille Day at the home of President George Washington in Mount Vernon, Virginia, on July 14, 2022. The Marquis de Lafayette arrived in Mount Vernon for a visit in the summer of 1784. The bedchamber where Lafayette stayed, in the northeast corner of the second floor, continues to be associated with the Marquis. (Image Source: AFP)

The Eiffel Tower is illuminated with the colours of the French flag. Aside from the military parade the day also includes, dance, fireworks and illumination in the entire country. (Image Source: AFP)

Fireworks explode above the Eiffel Tower lightened up to the colours of the Ukrainian flag as part of the annual Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. (Image Source: AFP)