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Bastille Day marked for 1st time with Francois Hollande as president of France


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A Citroen 2CV drives through Times Square during the 13th annual Bastille Day Rally and Rendez-vous of the Greater New York Citroen & Velosolex Club in New York.

People watch as fireworks illuminate the night sky near the Eiffel Tower during the annual Bastille Day celebrations on July 14, 2012 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / GUILLAUME BAPTISTEGUILLAUME BAPTISTE/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Guillaume Baptiste,

Bastille Day… …is today. The French rallying cry “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” sounds something like our “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” but in actuality it was very different. Although originally the “equality” meant

PARIS — Military jets trailing exhaust in the red, white and blue of the French flag opened Francois Hollande's first Bastille Day parade as president on Saturday and jumpers gliding in on parachutes in the same patriotic

PARIS — Military jets trailing exhaust in the red, white and blue of the French flag opened Francois Hollande's first Bastille Day parade as president on Saturday and jumpers gliding in on parachutes in the same patriotic