NATIONAL FESTIVAL. The famous parade military which commemorates the history of July 14 changes its itinerary due to the Paris Olympic Games. Discover the timetables and the program.
The traditional July 14 ceremony will not take place this year on the Champs-Elysées due to the Paris Olympic Games 2024. It is on Avenue Foch that we will admire the parade. 4 500 troops à 10 hours in the presence of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron. 45 planes and 22 helicopters will also offer a majestic spectacle from the sky. For this edition, a double theme is announced: "l' ;Olympism and the armies. The parade July 14 will also be an opportunity to celebrate 80 years of the Liberation of France and ;nbsp;90 years of the Air and Space Force.
More precisely, “the ceremony will begin on Place Charles-de-Gaulle, before moving to Avenue Foch for a parade that will be a third shorter,” explains General Christophe Abad, military governor of Paris. “The separation of the units in front of the presidential stand will take place in a much smaller space than that offered at Place de la Concorde (…) In fact, the 2024 vintage should be characterized by an unprecedented proximity and intimacy with the public, which will give it a special dimension.”
Discover the unfolding of the fashion show below July 14, 2024, hour by hour.
- 09:45 : Finalization of the deployment of troops at foot on the Étoile site.
- 10 hours : arrival of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Marcon on the avenue de Friedland.
- 10:10 : honors paid to the President of the Republic at the bottom of Avenue Foch.
- 10h16: initial animation on the theme of 80 years of the Landings, of the Liberation of France and Victory.
- 10:32 : scrollé helicopters and planes.
- 10:36 : scrollé troops à honor, followed by the parade troops à foot.
- 11h17 : paradeé planes.
- 11h23 : paradeé à horse.
- 11h25 : final animation on the theme "The armies and the& #39;Olympism".
- 11h41 : departure of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Marcon.
After July 14, 1880, the military parade became an institution. On July 14, 1919, Marshals Foch, Joffre and Pétain paraded on horseback on the Champs-Élysées – even passing under the Arc de Triomphe – to celebrate the victory in the First World War won a few months earlier. It was at this time that the traditional parade of July 14th takes up residence on the most famous avenue in Paris. After an eclipse during the Second World War, the July 14th parade takes on its current appearance with the proliferation of tanks and planes. However, some presidents of the Republic bring short-lived innovations.
During his mandate, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing moved the paradeé in other arteries of Paris, such as the Cours de Vincennes, the Ecole Militaire or between Bastille and République à Bastille. In 1982, François Mitterrand postponed the fashion show. &agrav; after dark. The ceremonial is perfectly oiled. The parade rehearsals usually take place on July 12 at dawn, two days before the key date. It opens with the passage of planes and helicopters. In all, around 4,000 soldiers paraded on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. a rhythm of 120 steps per minute. Students from prestigious schools like Saint-Cyr appear in full uniform. The march is traditionally closed by units of the Foreign Legion, famous for their voluminous beards and their step slower.
For almost a century, the commemoration of July 14 was abandoned. It reappeared in 1880, under the Third Republic. The regime, to consolidate itself, seeks to build a new national imagination, around republican symbols. This is how the Marseillaise became the official anthem and July 14 became a national holiday. But the proposal, which comes from the deputy of the Seine Benjamin Raspail, was not unanimously welcomed by the Assembly. Some deputies blame the violence of July 14, 1789. And it was finally around July 14, 1790 that the consensus was reached: !This year, we also inaugurate the monument topped by of the statue on the Place de la Republique, and everywhere there are concerts and fireworks. "The July Column" which overlooks the Place de la Bastille, does not refer to July 14, 1789. It bears the name of the victims of the revolutionary days of July 1830 , the "Three Glorious".