There's a lot already written about Bastille Day. The storming of the castle-prison, the lack of political prisoners there, the meaning of the day. It's not so much about that as it is the symbol.
Parisians hated the Bastille. People were held there on lettres de cachet or so-called signet letters. Basically they were an arbitrary means by the rulers of France to put prisoners into a fortress. These prisoners often had no idea the reason for their imprisonment and could not be appeal.
The Bastille building itself was hated. So even though by July 1789 it was scheduled for demolition and there were like 7 prisoners in the building, and yes the mob believed it to also store munitions, people hated it. It was their symbol of so much wrong with their country.
Photo from history.com
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