France Celebrates Bastille Day Amid Virus Fears, Tensions

Bastille Day is back, sort of.

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and French Armies Chief of Staff General Francois Lecointre stand in the command car during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14. — French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and French Armies Chief of Staff General Francois Lecointre stand in the command car during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14.
Photographer: Michel Euler/AFP/Getty Images

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By Associated Press

July 14, 2021 at 8:02 AM UTC

Updated on

July 14, 2021 at 11:30 PM UTC

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Paris (AP) -- Bastille Day is back, sort of.

France celebrated its national holiday Wednesday with thousands of troops marching in a Paris parade, warplanes roaring overhead and traditional parties around the country, after last year’s events were scaled back because of virus fears.