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FOR A FUN EXPERIENCE PHOTOGRAPHING A SMALL TOWN FESTIVAL consider coming out to Montgomery’s Bastille Day, which is a sister-city celebration with a city named Neuilly-Plaisance, a suburb of Paris, France. Montgomery named the event Bastille Day after their July 14 independence day celebration. Montgomery Road will be closed in downtown Montgomery for the festival.

ENTERTAINMENT – Besides 14 food vendors (including Graeter’s) there will be a North Stage and a South Stage with live music playing, with a total of 9 live acts. Headlining will be The Mistics, and Cassette Junkies from 8-11 pm.

PARKING – free, at Montgomery Elementary, Shelly Ln. parking lot, and Swaim Park

### Are July 4th and Bastille Day Linked?

On October 17, 1781, at the Battle of Yorktown, the French Admiral de Grasse applied a successful naval blockade, denying aid and reinforcements to the surrounded forces of British General Cornwallis. The ensuing victory by Colonial forces under General George Washington, his subordinate General Lafayette, among others, and French forces under General Rochambeau, led to later victories in the war and eventually the signing of the 1783 Treaty of Paris, whereby Great Britain recognized the Colonies as a “free and independent nation.” Without the aid of France, it is unlikely that either America or France would have Independence and Bastille Days to celebrate. With both of these historical events celebrated in our community within a timeframe of two weeks, the link between the two nations is noteworthy.