What is France's Bastille Day and why is it celebrated?

5:09pm PDT - July 13th, 2021    bastille day - ABC News (AU)

The most common misconceptions about the French national day are that it is a celebration of the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, and commemorates the official beginning of the French Revolution. It is, in fact, a far more complex…