France has celebrated its national holiday with thousands of troops marching in a Paris parade and traditional parties around the countryPARIS -- Bastille Day is back, sort of. France celebrated its national holiday Wednesday with thousands of troops marching in a Paris parade, warplanes roaring overhead and traditional parties around the country, after last year’s events were scaled back because of virus fears. A small group of protesters angry over new vaccine rules skirmished with police amid bursts of tear gas in Paris. At the Paris parade, the number of onlookers was limited. Bastille Day marks the storming of the Bastille prison in eastern Paris on July 14, 1789, commemorated as the birth of the French Revolution.

Source: ABC News July 14, 2021 08:10 UTC