National symbols of France

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National symbols of France are emblems of the French Republic and French people, and they are the cornerstone of the nation's republican tradition.

The national symbols of the French Fifth Republic are:^[1]

• The French flag
• The national anthem: "La Marseillaise"
• The national personification: Marianne
• The national motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, equality, fraternity)
• The national day: Bastille Day (celebrated on 14 July)
• The Gallic rooster
• The lictor's fasces emblem
• The Great Seal of France

Other French symbols include:

• The cockade of France
• The letters "RF", standing for République Française (French Republic)
• The National Order of the Legion of Honour and the National Order of Merit
• The Phrygian cap
• Joan of Arc
• Fleur-de-lis
• Bleuet de France, the symbol of memory for, and solidarity with, veterans, victims of war, widows, and orphans, similar to the Commonwealth remembrance poppy.