Le quatorze juillet

Today was le quatorze juillet, known to most as Bastille Day, or to the even less-informed, the French National Holiday. Yip! So I thought to myself, self, how can you celebrated this day in your own special way? Self, what if you shared some sort of knowledge about the French with your friends? But where would this knowledge come from? Self, you idiot, you just got a MA in French? Oh yeah. But what to share? The lyrics to the French National anthem, La Marseilleise? Nah, not really. Pictures of France? Not so much. Well, self, you're not much help. Wait, wait- what about important moments in French history? Now that's what everyone wants to know about- historical events! Way to go self, you really came through in the end.

So, mes amis, thanks to self, I now present to you, another low-budget photo essay produced by Gina- "Selected Great Moments in French History in Finger Puppets." Oh, you thought it would be something normal? So learn something people! And yes, sorry, it goes from the bottom up. If you want to go chronologically from the beginning, that is.

(note- selections were based entirely on the whims of Gina, and may or may not accurately represent the most important parts of French history. Some events were eliminated due to their large scale and therefore their inability to be represented within the capacities possessed by Gina)