This event is in the past.It took place on July 14, 2026 at Arc de Triomphe.
Champs-Elysées, Paris
🎫Buy tickets in advance to skip lines
🌀Spiral staircase, about 200 steps to the top
Every Bastille Day, drums and bugles echo beneath the Arc de Triomphe as veterans rekindle the Eternal Flame in a moving ceremony that honors France's fallen. Arrive early, the solemn pageantry and flickering torchlight make this a powerful moment to witness.
Bastille Day tradition
veteran honor guard
drums and bugles
Eternal Flame ritual
Champs-Elysées, Paris
🎫Buy tickets in advance to skip lines
🌀Spiral staircase, about 200 steps to the top
Every Bastille Day, drums and bugles echo beneath the Arc de Triomphe as veterans rekindle the Eternal Flame in a moving ceremony that honors France's fallen. Arrive early, the solemn pageantry and flickering torchlight make this a powerful moment to witness.
Bastille Day tradition
veteran honor guard
drums and bugles
Eternal Flame ritual