Editing Bastille Day (section)

==Bastille Day celebrations in other countries==
===Belgium===
[[Liège]] celebrates Bastille Day each year since the end of the [[World War I|First World War]], as Liège was decorated by the [[Légion d'Honneur]] for its unexpected resistance during the [[Battle of Liège]].<ref name="Reuters-Bastille Day">{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-travel-picks-bastilleday/travel-picks-top-10-bastille-day-celebrations-idUSBRE86C0IT20120713 |title=Travel Picks: Top 10 Bastille Day celebrations |date=13 July 2012 |work=Reuters |access-date=13 July 2018 |language=en-US }}</ref> The city also hosts a fireworks show outside of Congress Hall. Specifically in Liège, celebrations of Bastille Day have been known to be bigger than the celebrations of the Belgian National holiday.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/france/galleries/Bastille-Day-world-celebrations/liege-belgium/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/france/galleries/Bastille-Day-world-celebrations/liege-belgium/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Bastille Day: world celebrations|date=12 July 2012|website=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Around 35,000 people gather to celebrate Bastille Day. There is a traditional festival dance of the French consul that draws large crowds, and many unofficial events over the city celebrate the relationship between France and the city of Liège.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eurofluence.com/en/an-unusual-bastille-day-in-liege-belgium/|title=An unusual Bastille Day: in Liège, Belgium|date=19 July 2014|website=Eurofluence|access-date=4 December 2018|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030185345/http://eurofluence.com/en/an-unusual-bastille-day-in-liege-belgium/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Canada===
[[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] holds a celebration featuring exhibits, food and entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bastilledayfestival.ca/ |title=Bastille Day Festival Vancouver |website=Bastille Day Festival Vancouver |language=en |access-date=13 July 2018 }}</ref> The Toronto Bastille Day festival is also celebrated in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. The festival is organized by the [[French-Canadians|French-Canadian]] community in Toronto and sponsored by the Consulate General of France. The celebration includes music, performances, sport competitions, and a French Market. At the end of the festival, there is also a traditional French bal populaire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frenchstreet.ca/toronto-bastille-day/|title=Toronto Bastille Day|website=French Street}}</ref>

===Czech Republic===
Since 2008, [[Prague]] has hosted a French market "{{lang|fr|Le marché du 14 juillet}}" ("Fourteenth of July Market") offering traditional French food and wine as well as music. The market takes place on [[Kampa Island]], it is usually between 11 and 14 July.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.prague.eu/en/event/6896/french-market-at-kampa-le-marche-du-14-juillet |title=French Market at Kampa – Le marché du 14 Juillet |website=Prague.eu |language=en |access-date=13 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713200950/https://www.prague.eu/en/event/6896/french-market-at-kampa-le-marche-du-14-juillet |archive-date=13 July 2018 |url-status = dead }}</ref> It acts as an event that marks the relinquish of the EU presidency from France to the Czech Republic. Traditional selections of French produce, including cheese, wine, meat, bread and pastries, are provided by the market. Throughout the event, live music is played in the evenings, with lanterns lighting up the square at night.<ref name=":04">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfirst.com/uk/blog/economic-updates/daily-update/7-places-outside-france-bastille-day-celebrated/|title=7 places outside France where Bastille Day is celebrated|last=Trumper|first=David|date=11 July 2014|website=WorldFirst}}</ref>

=== Denmark ===
The amusement park [[Tivoli (Copenhagen)|Tivoli]] celebrates Bastille Day.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tivoli fejrer Bastilledag|url=https://www.tivoli.dk:443/da/kultur-og-program/program/2021/tivoli-_fejrer_bastilledag|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Tivoli|language=da}}</ref>[[File:Fireworks on the Danube Bastille Day 2008.jpg|thumb|Bastille Day fireworks in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]]]

===Hungary===
[[Budapest]]'s two-day celebration is sponsored by the [[Institut de France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.budapestresources.com/node/447 |title=Bastille Day 2007 – Budapest |publisher=Budapestresources.com |date=14 July 2011 |access-date=27 July 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104413/http://www.budapestresources.com/node/447| archive-date= 8 July 2011 |url-status = usurped}}</ref> The festival is hosted along the [[Danube|Danube River]], with streets filled with music and dancing. There are also local markets dedicated to French foods and wine, mixed with some traditional Hungarian specialties. At the end of the celebration, a fireworks show is held on the river banks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-travel-picks-bastilleday-idUSBRE86C0IT20120713|title=Travel Picks: Top 10 Bastille Day celebrations|newspaper=Reuters|date=13 July 2012}}</ref>

===India===
Bastille Day is celebrated with great festivity in [[Puducherry (city)|Pondicherry]], a former French colony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.py.gov.in/knowpuducherry/puduculture.html|title=Puducherry Culture|publisher=Government of Puducherry|access-date=14 July 2014|archive-date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508194927/http://py.gov.in/knowpuducherry/puduculture.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Miner Murray|first=Meghan|date=12 July 2019|title=9 Bastille Day bashes that celebrate French culture|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/lists/seasonal/experience-french-culture-at-these-bastille-day-celebrations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713051453/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/lists/seasonal/experience-french-culture-at-these-bastille-day-celebrations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2019|website=National Geographic}}</ref>

===Ireland===
The Embassy of France in Ireland organizes several events around [[Dublin]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]] and [[Limerick]] for Bastille Day; including evenings of French music and tasting of French food. Many members of the French community in Ireland take part in the festivities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ie.ambafrance.org/https-ie-ambafrance-org-Bastille-Day-2018 |title=Bastille Day 2018 |publisher=French Embassy in Ireland |language=en |access-date=13 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713205853/https://ie.ambafrance.org/https-ie-ambafrance-org-Bastille-Day-2018 |archive-date=13 July 2018 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Events in Dublin include live entertainment, speciality menus on French cuisine, and screenings of popular French films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://babylonradio.com/july-14th-bastille-day-celebrations-dublin/|title=July 14th Bastille Day Celebrations in Dublin|date=14 July 2016|website=Babylon Radio}}</ref>

===New Zealand===
The [[Auckland]] suburb of [[Remuera]] hosts an annual French-themed Bastille Day street festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.remuera.org.nz/|title=Array|website=Remuera Business Association}}</ref> Visitors enjoy mimes, dancers, music, as well as French foods and drinks. The budding relationship between the two countries, with the establishment of a Maori garden in France and exchange of their analyses of cave art, resulted in the creation of an official reception at the Residence of France. There is also an event in Wellington for the French community held at the Residence of France.<ref name=":04"/>

===South Africa===
[[Franschhoek]]'s weekend festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.franschhoek.co.za/bastille.html |title=Bastille Day Festival at Franschhoek |publisher=Franschhoek.co.za |access-date=27 July 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110725190720/http://www.franschhoek.co.za/bastille.html| archive-date= 25 July 2011 |url-status = live}}</ref> has been celebrated since 1993. (Franschhoek, or 'French Corner,' is situated in the [[Western Cape]].) As South Africa's gourmet capital, French food, wine and other entertainment is provided throughout the festival. The French Consulate in South Africa also celebrates their national holiday with a party for the French community.<ref name=":04"/> Activities also include dressing up in different items of French clothing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/bastille-day-celebrated-across-world-and-franchhoek-south-africa|title=Bastille Day is celebrated across the world and in Franchhoek, South Africa|date=12 November 2017|website=South African History Online}}</ref>

=== French Polynesia===
Following colonial rule, [[France]] annexed a large portion of what is now [[French Polynesia]]. Under French rule, [[Tahiti]]ans were permitted to participate in sport, singing, and dancing competitions one day a year: Bastille Day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://xdaysiny.com/heiva-festival-tahiti-french-polynesia/|title=The Best Festival You've Never Heard Of: The Heiva in Tahiti|date=7 July 2017|website=X Days in Y}}</ref> The single day of celebration evolved into the major Heiva i Tahiti festival in [[Papeete]] Tahiti, where traditional events such as canoe races, tattooing, and fire walks are held. The singing and dancing competitions continue with music composed with traditional instruments such as the nasal flute and ukulele.<ref name=":04"/>

===United Kingdom===
Within the UK, [[London]] has a large French contingent, and celebrates Bastille Day at various locations across the city including [[Battersea Park]], [[Camden Town]] and [[Kentish Town]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/bastille-day-london-feature-1130.html |title=Bastille Day London&nbsp;– Bastille Day Events in London, Bastille Day 2011 |publisher=Viewlondon.co.uk |access-date=27 July 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110617102403/http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/bastille-day-london-feature-1130.html| archive-date= 17 June 2011 |url-status = live}}</ref> Live entertainment is performed at [[Canary Wharf]], with weeklong performances of French theatre at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in Kentish Town. Restaurants feature cabarets and special menus across the city, and other celebrations include garden parties and sports tournaments. There is also a large event at the Bankside and Borough Market, where there is live music, street performers, and traditional French games played.<ref name=":04"/>

===United States===
The United States has over 20 cities that conduct annual celebrations of Bastille Day. The different cities celebrate with many French staples such as food, music, games, and sometimes the recreation of famous French landmarks.<ref name="france-amerique.com">{{Cite web|url=https://france-amerique.com/en/where-to-celebrate-bastille-day-in-the-united-states/|title=Where to Celebrate Bastille Day in the United States?|date=6 July 2017|website=France-Amérique}}</ref>

;Northeastern States
[[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], has a large Bastille Day celebration each year at Petit Louis in the Roland Park area of Baltimore. [[Boston]] has a celebration annually, hosted by the French Cultural Center for 40 years. The street festival occurs in Boston's [[Back Bay]] neighborhood, near the Cultural Center's headquarters. The celebration includes [[wikt:francophone|francophone]] musical performers, dancing, and [[French cuisine]].<ref name="Telegraph-Bastille Day">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/france/galleries/Bastille-Day-world-celebrations/ |title=Bastille Day: world celebrations |date=4 February 2016 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |access-date=13 July 2018 |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 }}</ref> [[New York City]] has numerous Bastille Day celebrations each July, including ''Bastille Day on 60th Street'' hosted by the [[French Institute Alliance Française]] between Fifth and Lexington Avenues on the Upper East Side of [[Manhattan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bastilledayny.com|title=Bastille Day on 60th Street, New York City, Sunday, July 15, 2012 &#124; 12–5pm &#124; Fifth Avenue to Lexington Avenue|date=10 July 2011|publisher=Bastilledayny.com|access-date=27 July 2011}}</ref> Bastille Day on Smith Street in [[Brooklyn]], and Bastille Day in [[Tribeca]]. There is also the annual Bastille Day Ball, taking place since 1924.<ref name="france-amerique.com"/> [[Philadelphia]]'s Bastille Day, held at [[Eastern State Penitentiary]], involves [[Marie Antoinette]] throwing locally manufactured [[Tastykake]]s at the Parisian [[militia]], as well as a re-enactment of the storming of the Bastille.<ref name="Telegraph-Bastille Day" /> (This Philadelphia tradition ended in 2018.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Bastille Day 2018: The Farewell Tour
 |date=7 June 2018
 |url=http://www.easternstate.org/press-room/press-releases/bastille-day-2018-farewell-tour
 |publisher= Eastern State Penitentiary
 |access-date= 29 July 2020
 }}</ref>) In Newport, Rhode Island, the annual Bastille Day celebration is organized by the local chapter of the Alliance Française. It takes place at King Park in Newport at the monument memorializing the accomplishments of the General Comte de Rochambeau whose 6,000 to 7,000 French forces landed in Newport on 11 July 1780. Their assistance in the defeat of the English in the War of Independence is well documented and is proof of the special relationship between France and the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Milestones: 1776–1783 - Office of the Historian |url=https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/french-alliance#:~:text=Between%201778%20and%201782%20the,protected%20Washington%27s%20forces%20in%20Virginia. |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=history.state.gov}}</ref> In [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]], food, music, and auction events are sponsored by the [[Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of France]]. There is also a French Festival within the city, where families can meet period entertainment groups set during the time of the French Revolution. Restaurants host parties serving traditional French food.<ref name="france-amerique.com"/> 

;Southern States
In [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], the Bastille Day celebration, "Bastille On Bishop", began in 2010 and is held annually in the [[Bishop Arts District, Dallas|Bishop Arts District]] of the [[Oak Cliff, Texas|North Oak Cliff]] neighborhood, southwest of [[Downtown Dallas|downtown]] just across the [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity River]]. Dallas' French roots are tied to the short lived socialist Utopian community [[La Reunion (Dallas)|La Réunion]], formed in 1855 and incorporated into the City of Dallas in 1860.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bastilleonbishop.com/|title=Bastille on Bishop|publisher=Go Oak Cliff|language=en|access-date=13 July 2018|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111215418/http://bastilleonbishop.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Miami]]'s celebration is organized by "French & Famous" in partnership with the French American Chamber of Commerce, the Union des Français de l'Etranger and many French brands. The event gathers over 1,000 attendees to celebrate "La Fête Nationale". The location and theme change every year. In 2017, the theme was "Guinguette Party" and attracted 1,200 francophiles at The River Yacht Club.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://courrierdefloride.com/2017/06/26/bastille-day-party-french-famous-14-juillet-miami-beach/|title=Le 14 juillet à Miami : Bastille Day Party de "French & Famous" !|date=26 June 2017|work=Le Courrier de Floride|access-date=13 July 2018|language=fr-FR}}</ref> [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], has multiple celebrations, the largest in the historic [[French Quarter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/only_in_new_orleans_watch_loca.html|title=Only in New Orleans: Watch locals celebrate Bastille Day in the French Quarter|last=Carr|first=Martha|date=13 July 2009|work=The Times-Picayune|access-date=27 July 2011}}</ref> In [[Austin, Texas]], the Alliance Française d’Austin usually conducts a family-friendly Bastille Day party at the [[French Legation]], the home of the French representative to the [[Republic of Texas]] from 1841 to 1845.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Alliance Française d'Austin presents Bastille Day Party - CultureMap Austin |url=https://do512.com/bastilledayparty |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713013220/https://do512.com/bastilledayparty |archive-date=13 July 2015 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=austin.culturemap.com |language=en}}</ref>

; Midwestern States
[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], has hosted a variety of Bastille Day celebrations in a number of locations in the city, including [[Navy Pier]] and [[Oz Park]]. The recent incarnations have been sponsored in part by the Chicago branch of the French-American Chamber of Commerce and by the [[List of diplomatic missions of France|French Consulate-General]] in Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bastilledaychicago.org/ |title=Bastille Day Chicago |publisher=Consulate General of France |language=en |access-date=13 July 2018 }}</ref> [[Milwaukee]]'s four-day street festival begins with a "Storming of the Bastille" with a 43-foot replica of the [[Eiffel Tower]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easttown.com/categories/4-bastilledays|title=Bastille Days &#124; Milwaukee, WI|date=12 July 2014|publisher=East Town Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226195450/http://easttown.com/categories/4-bastilledays|archive-date=26 February 2011|url-status = dead|access-date=23 July 2014}}</ref> [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], has a celebration with wine, French food, pastries, a flea market, circus performers and bands. Also in the Twin Cities area, the local chapter of the [[Alliance Française]] has hosted an annual event for years at varying locations with a competition for the "Best [[Baguette]] of the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Twin Cities]]."<ref name="Read To 2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.yelp.com/events/minneapolis-2009-bastille-day-celebration-alliance-fran%C3%A7aise|title=2009 Bastille Day Celebration – Alliance Française, Minneapolis|date=11 July 2009|website=Yelp|access-date=18 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/IMG/html/FMEX/FMEX06-11/FeteNationale2011.htm#MINNESOTA|title=Bastille Day celebrations, 2011|date=14 July 2011|website=Consulat Général de France à Chicago|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030101428/http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/IMG/html/FMEX/FMEX06-11/FeteNationale2011.htm|archive-date=30 October 2013|url-status = dead|access-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> [[Montgomery, Ohio]], has a celebration with wine, beer, local restaurants' fare, pastries, games and bands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.montgomeryohio.org/bastille-day-celebration/|title=Bastille Day Celebration!|date=31 May 2018|website=City of Montgomery, Ohio|language=en-US|access-date=13 July 2018|archive-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410184954/http://www.montgomeryohio.org/bastille-day-celebration/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], has annual festivals in the [[Soulard]] neighborhood, the former French village of [[Carondelet, Missouri]], and in the [[Benton Park, St. Louis|Benton Park]] neighborhood. [[Chatillon–DeMenil House|The Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion]] in the Benton Park neighborhood, holds an annual Bastille Day festival with reenactments of the beheading of [[Marie Antoinette]] and [[Louis XVI]], traditional dancing, and artillery demonstrations. Carondelet also began hosting an annual [[bar crawl|saloon crawl]] to celebrate Bastille Day in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.demenil.org/bastille-day-history/|title=Bastille Day|website=Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion|language=en-US|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref> The [[Soulard]] neighborhood in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]] celebrates its unique French heritage with special events including a parade, which honors the [[peasants]] who rejected the [[monarchy]]. The parade includes a 'gathering of the [[crowd|mob]],' a walking and [[golf cart]] parade, and a mock [[Decapitation|beheading]] of the [[King]] and [[queen_regnant|Queen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://historicsoulard.com/bastille-weekend-2021/|title=Bastille Weekend 2021|date=19 July 2021|website=Soulard Business Association|language=en-US|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>

; Western States
[[Portland, Oregon]], has celebrated Bastille Day with crowds up to 8,000, in public festivals at various public parks, since 2001. The event is coordinated by the Alliance Française of Portland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afportland.org/2018/07/bastille-day-july-14-at-jamison-square/|title=Bastille Day July 14 at Jamison Square|publisher=Alliance Française de Portland|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713205348/https://www.afportland.org/2018/07/bastille-day-july-14-at-jamison-square/|archive-date=13 July 2018|url-status = dead|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref> [[Seattle]]'s Bastille Day celebration, held at the [[Seattle Center]], involves performances, picnics, wine and shopping.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://afseattle.org/events/2018/07/bastille-day-celebration/|website=Alliance Française de Seattle|publisher=Bastille Day celebration|language=en-US|access-date=13 July 2018|title=Bastille Day celebration – Alliance Française de Seattle|archive-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114093449/https://afseattle.org/events/2018/07/bastille-day-celebration/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Sacramento, California]], conducts annual "waiter races" in the midtown restaurant and shopping district, with a street festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sacramentobastilleday.com/|title=Waiters' Race & Street Festival|website=Sacramento Bastille Day|language=en-US|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref>