The French Ambassador to Kenya Mr Etienne de Poncins on Saturday July 14 at his Nairobi residence hosted hundreds of guests from all segments of the society for an informal session as part of this year's Bastille Day (Independence Day) celebrations.
Corporate leaders who attended the event were Telkom Kenya board chair Mr Eddy Njoroge as well as several envoys.
According to Wikipedia, Bastille Day, the French national holiday, commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on 14 July 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a prison and a symbol of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis the 16th's Ancient Regime and by capturing this symbol, the French people signaled that the king's power was no longer absolute.
Bastille Day was declared the French national holiday on 6 July 1880, on Benjamin Raspail's recommendation, when the new Republic was firmly entrenched. Bastille Day has such a strong signification for the French because the holiday symbolizes the birth of the Republic.
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