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Bastille Day
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All Day
This is in observance and not an event on campus.
Contact:
Office of Diversity and Inclusion, diversity@unl.edu
A French federal holiday that commemorates the Storming of the Bastille, a fortress-prison in Paris which held political prisoners who had displeased the French nobility. The Storming of the Bastille, which took place on July 14, 1789, was regarded as a turning point of the French Revolution. Celebrations are held throughout France.