Bastille Day: The oh-so-mellow storming of Smith Street
July 17, 2012 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
Brooklyn’s Bastille Day celebration this Sunday will bring French food, music and an internationally famous pétanque tournament (shown above) to Smith Street in Boerum Hill this Sunday, July 15. Eagle photo by Mary Frost
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By Mary Frost
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The biggest Bastille Day celebration in the U.S. drew roughly 20,000 revelers to Smith Street in Boerum Hill on Sunday for a mellow day of French food, music, drinks — and most of all, the international petanque tournament.