{"id":373968,"date":"2026-07-15T12:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373968\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:50:08","slug":"french-fans-in-north-texas-rally-for-bastille-day-after-world-cup-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373968\/","title":{"rendered":"French fans in North Texas rally for Bastille Day after World Cup loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite their team losing the semifinals<\/a> of the World Cup Tuesday, French fans nearly 5,000 miles from their native country joined Dallas\u2019 French community in Bishop Arts to celebrate Bastille Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The historic Oak Cliff neighborhood was enlivened by French music and vendors<\/a> for Bastille on Bishop, the neighborhood\u2019 annual French festival that aimed to recreate the legendary 1.9-kilometer-long Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris for the night, according to the event description.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year, the celebration unfolded simultaneously alongside one of the biggest matches in international soccer. France took a staggering loss to Spain, but French fans still migrated to the Bishop Arts area to commemorate their culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bastille Day is a national holiday in France observed annually on July 14. It commemorates the 1789 storming of the military fortress and prison Bastille, a pivotal moment marking the beginning of the French Revolution that overthrew France\u2019s gilded monarchy and feudal system.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bishop Arts has deep French roots that trace back to the mid-1800s, as a part of Oak Cliff was a French settlement called \u201cLe Reunion\u201d in its earliest days. Though the settlement only functioned for about 18 months, it established culture in the neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Pierre Jacobson, 40, had hoped the celebration would include both Bastille Day and a French victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jacobson had said earlier today he normally attends Bishop Arts\u2019 Bastille Day celebration. This year, however, he landed tickets to the game at Dallas Stadium, witnessing the staggering loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, if we can celebrate both a victory and Bastille Day at the same time, it would be great,\u201d Jacobson said earlier today. \u201cThere is another layer, which is the 250th anniversary of the United States. As a Franco-American, I think it adds a layer of emotions because it’s a cross of two histories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Around 9 p.m. the revelry winded down as people of all ages winded through the corded off street, closed to cars. The trees were adorned with sparkling string lights that cast a glow on the streets. Vendors huddled under propped up tents, and despite sadness after the game, the celebration of France\u2019s culture continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite their team losing the semifinals of the World Cup Tuesday, French fans nearly 5,000 miles from their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28,104167,88945,87906],"class_list":["post-373968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tp-fifa-world-cup","tag-tp-oak-cliff","tag-tp-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}