When I was granted French citizenship a couple of years ago I was given a red, white and blue dossier, welcoming me to France as an official citoyenne.
Tucked into the folder was new French birth certificate, a new French marriage certificate, the Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen, an excerpt of the Constitution du 4 Octobre 1958, a letter from President Sarkozy and the words to La Marseillaise.
Today is la Fête Nationale, le 14 juillet, and all of France will be celebrating with pique-niques and fireworks.
Me included. Pin It
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Bonne fête!
Happy Bastille Day...Bonne Féte!!
Bonne Fete a tous les francais
I hope you share with us some of the festivities!
What an exciting and historic celebration!
The Wanderfull Traveler
You mean a bleu, blanc, e rouge dossier (;
Glad you shared the day here .. happy Bastille Day!
felicitations et bonne fete! i'm so jealous you're actually a citizen! my hubby became a u.s. citizen and all they cared about was him not going on welfare and pledging to take up arms to defend the "american way"! which is fairly wayward these days!
I know just how you feel. I became a citizen of Australia about 6 years ago and Australia Day is always special to me. I celebrate the 4th of July and the 26th of January. :)
I had to pledge my allegiance to the Queen.
Thanks for the well wishes everyone! It was a great day!
I believe it is Ben Franklin who once said ''every man has two countries: his own and France''.
Bernard
A very true quote!
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