![Ecole Polytechnique during the July 14 Bastille Day Parade at the Place de la Concorde in Paris on July 14, 2020. France holds a much smaller ceremony after the annual parade was Ecole Polytechnique during the July 14 Bastille Day Parade at the Place de la Concorde in Paris on July 14, 2020. France holds a much smaller ceremony after the annual parade was](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CXB3BG/students-of-the-ecole-polytechnique-school-march-during-the-traditional-bastille-day-military-parade-on-the-place-de-la-concorde-in-paris-france-july-14-2015-reuterscharles-platiau-2CXB3BG.jpg)
Ecole Polytechnique during the July 14 Bastille Day Parade at the Place de la Concorde in Paris on July 14, 2020. France holds a much smaller ceremony after the annual parade was
![Students of the Ecole Polytechnique attend the 2019 French Tennis Open - Day Four at Roland Garros on May 29, 2019 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy Students of the Ecole Polytechnique attend the 2019 French Tennis Open - Day Four at Roland Garros on May 29, 2019 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DEJ190/students-of-the-ecole-polytechnique-attend-the-2019-french-tennis-open-day-four-at-roland-garros-on-may-29-2019-in-paris-france-photo-by-laurent-zabulonabacapresscom-2DEJ190.jpg)
Students of the Ecole Polytechnique attend the 2019 French Tennis Open - Day Four at Roland Garros on May 29, 2019 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy
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![Frederic Arnault, son of French luxury group LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, a student at French military academy Ecole Polytechnique, is pictured on the Champs-Elysees prior to participate in the 2015 Frederic Arnault, son of French luxury group LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, a student at French military academy Ecole Polytechnique, is pictured on the Champs-Elysees prior to participate in the 2015](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DPFY3R/frederic-arnault-son-of-french-luxury-group-lvmh-chairman-and-ceo-bernard-arnault-a-student-at-french-military-academy-ecole-polytechnique-is-pictured-on-the-champs-elysees-prior-to-participate-in-the-2015-annual-bastille-day-military-parade-in-paris-france-on-july-14-2015-photo-by-thierry-orbanabacapresscom-2DPFY3R.jpg)