A huge fireworks display is held around the Eiffel Tower to mark Bastille Day, the French National Day commemorating the Storming of the Bastille in 1789.

France is celebrating its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the most iconic avenue in Paris. And there are plans for partying and pageantry around the country.