Bastille Day Bastille's Day Bastille Day, 2002 Arc D'Triomphe, Paris, France In 1789, and as it is in 2004, the significance of people power is deeply rooted in everyone's history. Bastille Day was the end of a monarchy and the beginning of a republic for France. It was the time that rule was transferred from the King to the people. **** On Manila's Decision to Pull Out from Iraq With the decision to pull-out, we, Filipinos, are starting to feel we are being heard by our own government. Of course, to the consternation of the US. Today, we can say, we are celebrating our own Bastille Day. |
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