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Gloucester Day is a recently reinstated annual day of celebration of the City of Gloucester's history and culture. The day was first held in the modern era on 5 September 2009 [1] but originally dates from the lifting of the Siege of Gloucester in 1643, during which the city held out against Royalist forces during the First English Civil War ...
Richard Chandler (died 1810) was a wealthy wool-stapler of Gloucester. In 1750, he had Winston Hall built for him in Constitution Walk, Gloucester, now a grade II* listed building. [1] The house remained in the Chandler family until 1876. [2] He was one of the original subscribers to the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal in 1792. [3]
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, continues to have a "Horribles Parade" into the 21st century but without the satirical political dimension the costumes once held. [3] Glocester Rhode Island's "Ancient and Horribles Parade" was founded in 1926 when Calvin Coolidge was U.S. President. Coolidge was a member of the original Ancient and Honorable ...
The Museum of Gloucester [1] in Brunswick Road is the main museum in the city of Gloucester, England. It was extensively renovated following a large National Heritage Lottery Fund grant, and reopened on Gloucester Day, 3 September 2011. [2] In March 2016, the museum rebranded itself; it used to be called the Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery ...
As the New York Times reported at the time, "Prince Richard of Gloucester, 27 year‐old cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, will marry a 25 year‐old Danish secretary, Miss Birgitte van Deurs, this ...
Gloucester Tercentenary Permanent Memorial Association selects Leonard Craske's design for the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial. St. Peter's Fiesta started in 1927. The Greasy Pole contest started [27] in 1931 and is held yearly at the St. Peter's Fiesta a five-day festival honoring the patron saint of the fisherman, St. Peter.
In the United States, President Woodrow Wilson hailed the first Armistice Day celebration on 11 November 1919, although it would not be formalised by Congress until 1926. France followed suit in ...