France scales down Bastille Day parade in concession to COVID-19

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France held a scaled-down annual Bastille Day celebration on Tuesday, with none of the usual tanks and troops parading down Paris's Champs Elysees ...

Alpha jets from the French Air Force Patrouille de France fly past the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, next to Le Louvre museum, during the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, France, Jul 14, 2020. PARIS: France held a scaled-down annual Bastille Day celebration on Tuesday , with none of the usual tanks and troops parading down Paris's Champs Elysees avenue, in a concession to the COVID-19 epidemic still stalking Europe.

"The dedication, tenacity, courage, solidarity that emerged strongly everywhere, in our cities as in our countryside, command admiration."Spectators on Tuesday were not allowed near Place de la Concorde, Paris' largest square, to avoid the spread of the disease that has killed at least 30,000 people in France.The parade kicked off with the traditional flypast by the country's air force, with acrobatic jets trailing blue, white and red smoke.

 

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