Accession Day
An Accession Day is the anniversary of the date on which a monarch succeeds to the throne upon the death of the previous monarch.
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The custom of marking this day was inaugurated during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
The inhabitants of Berry Pomeroy in south Devon still commemorate Queene's Day with a special church service and bonfire. The Accession Day of Elizabeth II is 6 February, and is observed throughout her countries by the flying of specific flags and various official functions. In London a Royal Salute is fired by the guns of the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery in Hyde Park and by the Honourable Artillery Company at the Tower.[1] Salutes are also fired at Woolwich, Colchester, Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, Cardiff, Belfast, York, Plymouth and Dover Castle.[2]
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Accession is also a term for the process by which a state becomes incorporated into a federation; for example, the joining of countries into the European Union.
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- ^ "Gun Salutes". The official website of the British Monarchy. http://www.royal.gov.uk/RoyalEventsandCeremonies/GunSalutes/Gunsalutes.aspx.
- ^ "Honour of Royal Salute switches to Colchester town centre". Colchester Borough Council. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110723132958/http://www.colchester.gov.uk/news_det.asp?art_id=8141&sec_id=27.
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