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By Tom Gammill
This Week in History
1789: “The Bastille” Is Attacked In Paris DeFlocked
By Jeff Corriveau
Capitol South
By William Warren
In 1789, opp ponents of the F French mona archy stormed “ “The Bastille”, tthe most notor ious pr ison iin F rance at tthe time. This prison had llong been seen a as a symbol of tthe oppressive rregime of King Louis XVI, a and its fall is regarded as central to the French Revolution and the establishment of the First Republic. The event is celebrated every year in France on “Bastille Day”, a national holiday.