Ringing in Bastille Day 2015
Bastille Day, the French National Day, is held annually on July 14 to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789.
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- Four French Air Force Rafale C fighter jets fly over the Champs-Elysees avenue during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, 2015. (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (center) and French Finance Minister Michel Sapin (rear left) attend a wreath laying ceremony on the tomb of the unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, on Bastille Day, July 14, 2015. (THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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- French General Herve Charpentier, Paris’ Military Governor (left) stands along side French Economy, Finance Trade Minister Michel Sapin, Mexican First Lady Angelica Rivera and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, as they attend a wreath laying ceremony on the tomb of the unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, on Bastille Day, on July 14, 2015. (THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (center) attends a wreath laying ceremony on the tomb of the unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, on Bastille Day, on July 14, 2015. (THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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- The Champs-Elysees avenue is pictured from the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, after Bastille Day commemorations, on July 14, 2015 in Paris, with the Luxor Obelisk and the Louvre museum in background. (THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Mexican troops, walk down the Champs-Elysees avenue as part of Bastille Day parade Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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- Mounted Republican Guards ride down the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in Paris, France. France is celebrating Bastille Day with a display of fighter jets and with anti-terrorist forces marching in the yearly parade in Paris for the first time as the country’s leadership tries to show its muscle against extremists. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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- Students of the Mexican military educational institution, the Heroic Military Academy parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on July 14, 2015 in Paris, France.The Bastille Day, the French National Day, is held annually on 14 July to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
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- Students of the Mexican military educational institution, the Heroic Military Academy pose prior to the annual Bastille Day military parade on July 14, 2015 in Paris, France.The Bastille Day, the French National Day, is held annually on 14 July to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
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- Officer cadets from the Special Military School of St-Cyr parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on July 14, 2015 in Paris, France.The Bastille Day, the French National Day, is held annually on 14 July to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
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- Frederic Arnault (center), son of French luxury group LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, and student of the Ecole Polytechnique (Special military school of Polytechnique), attends the preparation of the annual Bastille Day military parade on July 14, 2015 in Paris, France. The Bastille Day, the French National Day, is held annually on 14 July to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
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- Soldiers of the French 1st Spahis Regiment parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on July 14, 2015 in Paris, France.The Bastille Day, the French National Day, is held annually on 14 July to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
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- French Foreign Legion soldiers parade during the annual Bastille Day military parade on July 14, 2015 in Paris, France.The Bastille Day, the French National Day, is held annually on 14 July to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
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- People dance in Menilmontant fire station during the traditional Bal Des Pompiers (Fireman’s Ball) on July 13, 2015 in Paris, France. The Bal Des Pompiers is an annual ball which takes place on the eve of Bastille Day. The tradition is thought to have started in 1937 when a fireman from Montmarte opened the station doors for a group of Parisians so they could continue the festivities. (Photo by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Getty Images)
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- People dance in Menilmontant fire station during the traditional Bal Des Pompiers (Fireman’s Ball) on July 13, 2015 in Paris, France. The Bal Des Pompiers is an annual ball which takes place on the eve of Bastille Day. The tradition is thought to have started in 1937 when a fireman from Montmarte opened the station doors for a group of Parisians so they could continue the festivities. (Photo by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Getty Images)
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- People dance during the traditional Bal Des Pompiers (Fireman’s Ball) on July 13, 2015 in Paris, France. The Bal Des Pompiers is an annual ball which takes place on the eve of Bastille Day. The tradition is thought to have started in 1937 when a fireman from Montmarte opened the station doors for a group of Parisians so they could continue the festivities. (Photo by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Getty Images)
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- People dance during the traditional Bal Des Pompiers (Fireman’s Ball) on July 13, 2015 in Paris, France. The Bal Des Pompiers is an annual ball which takes place on the eve of Bastille Day. The tradition is thought to have started in 1937 when a fireman from Montmarte opened the station doors for a group of Parisians so they could continue the festivities. (Photo by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Getty Images)
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- People dance in Menilmontant fire station during the traditional Bal Des Pompiers (Fireman’s Ball) on July 13, 2015 in Paris, France. The Bal Des Pompiers is an annual ball which takes place on the eve of Bastille Day. The tradition is thought to have started in 1937 when a fireman from Montmarte opened the station doors for a group of Parisians so they could continue the festivities. (Photo by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Getty Images)
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- A young couple dances during the traditional Bal Des Pompiers (Fireman’s Ball) on July 13, 2015 in Paris, France. The Bal Des Pompiers is an annual ball which takes place on the eve of Bastille Day. The tradition is thought to have started in 1937 when a fireman from Montmarte opened the station doors for a group of Parisians so they could continue the festivities. (Photo by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Getty Images)
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- People dance in Menilmontant fire station during the traditional Bal Des Pompiers (Fireman’s Ball) on July 13, 2015 in Paris, France. The Bal Des Pompiers is an annual ball which takes place on the eve of Bastille Day. The tradition is thought to have started in 1937 when a fireman from Montmarte opened the station doors for a group of Parisians so they could continue the festivities. (Photo by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Getty Images)
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- Firemen stand at the entrance of Menilmontant fire station during the traditional Bal Des Pompiers (Fireman’s Ball) on July 13, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Getty Images)
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- Three French Air Force strategic unit Rafale B fighter jets fly over the July Column and its angel statue on the Place de la Bastille during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, 2015. (JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Twelve alphajets of the French Air Force Acrobatic Patrol, the Patrouille de France, fly over the Arc de Triomphe monument in their Lorraine Cross formation, during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, 2015. (THIBAULT CAMUS/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A picture taken on July 14, 2015 from a French Air Force C-135 FR refueling tanker aircraft over the Arc de Triomphe monument shows troops marching on the Champs-Elysees avenue during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, 2015. (FRANCK PENNANT/AFP/Getty Images)
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