Epidemic Covid-19 forces, the traditional parade of armies in Paris, for the national festival of 14 July, is replaced this Tuesday with a ceremony in a reduced format, which will honor military and civilian personnel mobilized during a public health crisis.

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With the theme ” a Nation committed, united and in solidarity “, the ceremony in paris presided over by the head of the State, Emmanuel Macron, will particularly value the participation of the armed forces in the fight against the coronavirus within the operation Resilience, before finishing with a tribute more broadly to the caregivers, to the sound of the Marseillaise. The Patrouille de France will carry out a second passage exceptional in their honor.