- This weekend's Bastille Day celebrations in New York included a cavalcade of 20 classic Citroen 2CVs and current Citroen cars cruising the streets of Manhattan in celebration of France's national holiday. (New York Daily News)
- Carroll Garden in Brooklyn celebrated Bastille Day with its10th. Anniversary Petanque Tournament. North America's largest tournament of about 70 teams competed with players from around the world. Half of Smith Street was covered with sand for the players. (CNN)
- Bust out your best French casual clothes, put on your favorite dancing shoes and make sure to bring an appetite because Bastille Day is coming to Greenwich. (Stamford Advocate)
- The Bastille Day exposure comes a month after the 53-year-old performer popped out her right boob at a concert in Istanbul. (Entertainment Weekly Online)
- For the past 50 years, Marie Bonds of Wynnewood has been bringing together French ex-patriates and Main Liners who enjoy the French language. She holds monthly luncheons at members homes and at area restaurants. (Vive La France! - Main Line Media News)
- A Florida couple spent their Bastille Day awaiting the completion of an American equivalent to the Palace of Versailles, though they may have forgotten the fates that befell King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette after the French Revolution. (New York Daily News)
- One of the covered shelters at Old Mill Park did not look very different on Saturday than it did for the Fourth of July. Partygoers were decked out in red, white and blue. (Free Lance-Star)
- ST. THOMAS - The right place at the right time proved lucky for St. Thomas angler Vince Bryan. (Virgin Islands Daily News)
- July 14 is a celebration in France every year honoring the storming of the Bastille in 1789. The storming of the Bastille was the beginning of the French Revolution that brought about an end to the monarchy. (Bleacherreport.com)
Monday, July 16, 2012
Bastille Day
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