Monday, March 13, 2023

Commonwealth Day

Formerly known as Empire Day, today is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations. The occasion is marked by an Anglican service in Westminster Abbey, followed by a broadcast by the monarch.

The idea was that the day would ‘remind the children about the British Empire’, and came about in 1897. It wasn’t until 1904, however, that the day was introduced in Britain.
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