{"id":1404,"date":"2021-07-14T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2021-07-18T22:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T02:06:14","slug":"around-the-world-in-80-days-bastille-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2021\/07\/14\/around-the-world-in-80-days-bastille-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the World in 80 Days &#8211; Bastille Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10 wysiwyg-editor\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/06\/aris-Bastille-Day-Joe-deSousa-flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1010\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/06\/aris-Bastille-Day-Joe-deSousa-flickr-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/06\/aris-Bastille-Day-Joe-deSousa-flickr-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/06\/aris-Bastille-Day-Joe-deSousa-flickr-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/06\/aris-Bastille-Day-Joe-deSousa-flickr-624x420.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/06\/aris-Bastille-Day-Joe-deSousa-flickr.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One of France\u2019s national holidays is Bastille Day, July 14. This holiday is similar to Independence Day in the United States. Many years ago France had a monarchy. On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, a state prison. In this way the people proved that the power belonged to them, and not to the King. This was the beginning of the French Revolution. Celebrations include dances and fireworks. The people of France celebrate the birth of the Republic, and recognize liberty and democracy. Now Bastille Day includes a military parade up the Champs Elysees. Can you guess where the Champs Elysees is? You can find the answer to this question and many other facts about our world at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Infoplease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Find more Bastille Day information by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/events\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seasonal calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/06\/aris-Bastille-Day-Joe-deSousa-flickr.jpg\"><\/a>One of France\u2019s national holidays is Bastille Day, July 14. This holiday is similar to Independence Day in the United States. Many years ago France had a monarchy. On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, a state prison. In this way the people proved that the power belonged to them,  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2021\/07\/14\/around-the-world-in-80-days-bastille-day-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[669,720],"class_list":["post-1404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-awareness","tag-around-the-world-in-80-days","tag-bastille-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Around the World in 80 Days - Bastille Day - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Around the World in 80 Days - Bastille Day - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of France\u2019s national holidays is Bastille Day, July 14. 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