What gave him the idea - Bastille Day 2017

[dalton99a]

The military hardware follows the French Foreign Legion slow march at 1 h 20 m

[crazytown]

1. An appropriate celebration of a failed revolution awash with blood, terror and death.

15 years after the storming of the Bastille, an emperor ascended to the throne.

[randr]

3. Actually it also represents the end of feudalism

[crazytown]

4. That is why the celebration is July 14, and not August 4.

[randr]

2. Without a clue as to what Bastille Day represents

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwirtuKCpZ7jAhXJB50JHTb5AvoQFjABegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBastille_Day&usg=AOvVaw1VIjReeETx9_6oVz-MnEUu

[xxqqqzme]

5. Where are the people?

I saw a handful here and there but there are no crowds visible from the overhead angles.

[dalton99a]

6. The vast majority are under the tree canopy

The parade starts at the top of the Champs-Elysées and ends in front of the president’s tribune on the Place de la Concorde, so to accommodate the millions of people who come to watch the parade, most of the lower Champs-Élysées are outfitted with stadium-style seating and the rest have crowd control barriers.

In order to prepare for that, worker crews start the installation many days before and it takes them more than a week to remove them completely. Needless to say that you won’t enjoy the scenery the same way. ...

In conclusion, if you want to experience our big “fête nationale” and party with the French, you’ll have a blast and a unique memory. However, if you are a regular tourist and want to see all the famous Parisian landmarks in their ‘natural’ state, then try to avoid Paris for those 2 weeks!