Happy Bastille Day! As a teenager, I had the good fortune to be in Paris on this holiday. It was memorable!

July 14th has been the national holiday since 1790, coinciding with the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, but not commemorating it.

"The inaugural fête of 1790 was set for July 14th, so it would also coincide with the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille although that is not what was itself celebrated. At this relatively calm stage of the Revolution, many people considered the country's period of political struggle to be over. This thinking was encouraged by counter-revolutionary monarchiens, and the first fête was designed with a role for King Louis XVI that would respect and maintain his royal status. The occasion passed peacefully and provided a powerful, but illusory, image of celebrating national unity after the divisive events of 1789–1790."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%AAte_de_la_F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration

Will there be a military parade ?

They already had it, Dave!

https://www.foxnews.com/world/bastille-day-in-france-showcases-european-military-cooperation


...no steam-powered tanks, though...

When are exmos going to storm the COB?

I've been in the COB. It's not worth storming.
The food is good, however.

I don’t want to waste our time, but maybe we can convince the idiots that want to storm Area 51 to “see them aliens” to go one state over and storm the COB to “see them prophets.”