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What we celebrate

Behind every date, a story. Why the 14th of July? Where does the pink triangle come from? One celebration at a time, we trace it back.

2 articles

June

Last Saturday of June
Memory
The Pink Triangle — from silence to recognition
Men were killed — not on a battlefield, but in a camp — for the sole reason that they loved. For decades, their suffering had no name in the history books.
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July

14 July
History
The 14th of July… but why, exactly?
Why is the 14th of July France's national holiday? Behind the fireworks lie two anniversaries — the storming of the Bastille in 1789 and the Fête de la Fédération in 1790 — which the law of 6 July 1880 finally brought together.
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