Apres le jour

[tealin]

So ... what was up with Bastille Day this year?

I mean, not in France; obviously there were parades and fireworks and stuff. I mean in the U.S. of A. I never remember this much attention being paid to Bastille Day outside of 'Learning about the culture is just as important as learning the language' bloody useless French class. Did I just never notice it before? Is it a California thing?* Or is it, as I cynically suspect, because we have a new administration and thus it's OK to not hate France anymore so anyone with an international perspective is celebrating this by overcompensating?

*very much doubt this

Comments

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

I've read a few, the one I liked the most was about Shakespeare when the Spaniards took over England following a successful Spanish Armada. Two other that were a little less enjoyable were about the American Civil War, WWI in Canada and the USA, and the successful Japanese invasion of Hawaii during WWII.

[putri-nih.livejournal.com]

There was one where he wrote about the endgame in 1991(when Berlin wall fell) except the commies actually won. I thought that was quite good. Also the time-traveling 15th century naval galleon shaped spaceship was funny.