July 14th. Bastille Day. Hallowed holiday in the Hexagon, celebrated with military marches and fly-overs, politicians’ cliché-crusted speeches—and fireworks! Millions of Frenchpersons lustily belting out the Marseillaise. A somewhat bizarre choice of national holiday, given that the glory that is la belle Patrie existed long before enraged crowds stormed the Bastille in 1789. Which was […]