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Happy Bastille Day wishes and Bonne fête nationale messages for 14 July, in English and French: fireworks, picnics and the tricolour.

104 wishes · 2 languages · 2 photo designs · Updated October 2026

Bastille Day wishes for family (12)

  • Happy Bastille Day, family. Picnic by the river, fireworks after dark.

  • Grand-mère, thank you for teaching us to love France. Happy 14 July.

  • May our family always share liberty, equality and lots of fraternity.

  • Happy Bastille Day from [Your name] and family. Save us some baguette.

  • Far from France, but our hearts are blue, white and red today.

  • Wishing our family a sunny 14 July full of good food and laughter.

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Bastille Day wishes for friends (12)

  • Happy Bastille Day, friend. Fireworks tonight?

  • Happy 14 July. Picnic in the park at noon.

  • Wishing you cheese, music and good company.

  • Here is to liberty, equality and friendship.

  • Happy Bastille Day. Let us dance at the firemen's ball.

  • May your summer be as bright as the 14 July sky.

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Bastille Day wishes for colleagues and boss (12)

  • Happy Bastille Day. Enjoy the holiday.

  • Wishing you a pleasant 14 July with your family.

  • Happy Bastille Day to the team. Enjoy the long summer evening.

  • Thank you for your hard work. Happy national day.

  • Happy 14 July. See you after the holiday.

  • Wishing everyone a sunny and relaxing day.

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Bastille Day wishes for customers and clients (12)

  • Happy Bastille Day from all of us. Thank you for your trust.

  • Wishing our customers a joyful 14 July.

  • Thank you for supporting our business. Happy Bastille Day.

  • Happy 14 July. Our shop will be closed for the holiday.

  • Wishing our French clients and partners a happy national day.

  • Celebrating 14 July with gratitude for our customers.

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Short Bastille Day wishes for status (12)

  • Happy Bastille Day.

  • Joyeux 14 juillet.

  • Liberty, equality, fraternity.

  • Blue, white and red.

  • Vive la France.

  • Fireworks over Paris.

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Bastille Day wishes for kids (12)

  • Happy Bastille Day, little one. Fireworks tonight.

  • Let us wave our little French flags.

  • Happy 14 July, sweetie. Cover your ears for the big booms.

  • Let us draw the Eiffel Tower with fireworks.

  • Happy Bastille Day. Crêpes for breakfast.

  • Can you name the three colours of the flag?

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Formal Bastille Day wishes (12)

  • Please accept our best wishes on the French national day.

  • On 14 July, we celebrate the values of liberty, equality and fraternity.

  • We extend our warm greetings to you and your family.

  • On behalf of our organization, happy Bastille Day.

  • Our offices in France will be closed on 14 July.

  • With respect and appreciation, happy national day.

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Bastille Day wishes in French (20)

  • Bonne fête nationale, la famille. Pique-nique et feu d'artifice ce soir.

  • Mamie, merci de nous avoir appris à aimer la France.

  • Joyeux 14 juillet de la part de [Your name] et de toute la famille.

  • Que notre famille reste unie, libre et heureuse.

  • Joyeux 14 juillet, mon ami. On se retrouve pour le feu d'artifice?

  • Bonne fête nationale. Rendez-vous au bal des pompiers.

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  • Bastille Day wishes image: Liberty, equality, fraternity.
  • Bastille Day wishes image: Long lunch, long evening, all of us together. Happy 14 July.
  • Bastille Day wishes image: Bonne fête nationale, la famille. Pique-nique et feu d'artifice ce soir.
  • Bastille Day wishes image: Happy 14 July. Let us find the best spot for the fireworks.
  • Bastille Day wishes image: Happy Bastille Day to the team. Enjoy the long summer evening.
  • Bastille Day wishes image: Let us draw the Eiffel Tower with fireworks.
  • Bastille Day wishes image: Wishing our French clients and partners a happy national day.
  • Bastille Day wishes image: Veuillez agréer nos meilleurs vœux à l'occasion de la fête nationale.
  • Bastille Day wishes image: We thank our French partners and wish them a happy 14 July.
  • Bastille Day wishes image: Happy national day, France.

About Bastille Day

Bastille Day, called the Fête nationale or le 14 juillet in France, is the French national day. It remembers the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 and the Festival of the Federation a year later, which celebrated the unity of the French people.

In Paris, a parade goes down the Champs-Élysées in the morning and fireworks light up the sky over the Eiffel Tower at night. Towns and villages hold their own fireworks, firemen's balls and street dances.

Families enjoy picnics, long lunches and summer evenings outdoors, and French communities around the world celebrate with music, food and the blue, white and red tricolour.

How people celebrate Bastille Day

  • Morning parade
  • Fireworks at night
  • Firemen's balls (bals des pompiers)
  • Picnics and long lunches
  • Tricolour flags
  • Street dances

How to wish well

  • In French people say "Bonne fête nationale" or "Joyeux 14 juillet". English speakers say "Happy Bastille Day".
  • Keep it light and summery: fireworks, picnics and friends.

Questions about Bastille Day

When is Bastille Day?

On 14 July every year.

What does Bastille Day celebrate?

The storming of the Bastille prison in Paris on 14 July 1789, a symbol of the French Revolution, and the unity of the nation.

What do French people call Bastille Day?

"La Fête nationale" or simply "le 14 juillet".

How do you wish Happy Bastille Day in French?

"Bonne fête nationale" or "Joyeux 14 juillet".

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