It’s July and France puts on two great public events then, Bastille Day parades and the Tour de France

There is something majestic about the kind of military parades that France puts on every Bastille Day. It seems to me that only the Russians put on similar military events with lots of troops on foot, on horseback, in military vehicles and in planes. Here is a glimpse at the parade this year with a view of the Arche de Triomphe in the background:

And on horseback in the sun this time

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