| | Commonwealth Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations held on the second Monday in March, and which is marked by a multi-faith service in Westminster Abbey attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Secretary-General and the Commonwealth High Commissioners in London. |
| | In 1958 Empire Day was renamed Commonwealth Day, and from 1977 it has been celebrated on the second Monday in March rather than in May. |
| | Although Commonwealth Day is not widely known, many Commonwealth countries do have at least one public holiday that commemorates monarchist traditions. |
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