24 May - Empire Day (Playlist)

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Songs of the British Empire (1314-2021):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLve-2jiW-TPWg215FLUPAbFaObVKoCUTh

2nd Monday in March - Commonwealth Day (1973-present)
24 May - Commonwealth Day (1958-1972)
24 May - Empire Day (1902-1957, since 1898 in Ontario, Canada)
1 January 1801 - Acts of Union 1800
1 May 1707 - Acts of Union 1707
24 March 1603 - Union of the Crowns

Songs in this video:
Here's a Health unto His Majesty (1667)
Rule, Britannia! (1740)
Abide With Me (1861)
Land of Hope and Glory (1902)
Keep the Home Fires Burning by John McCormack (1917)
God Save the King by 2,200 voices at Toronto Exhibition (1927)
There'll Always Be an England by Vera Lynn (1939)
James Bond Theme by John Barry (1962)
God Save the Queen by Queen (1975)
The White Cliffs of Dover by Robson & Jerome (1995)
HMS Queen Elizabeth March (2012)

Also added to start of Brexit playlist from 31 Jan 2020:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLve-2jiW-TPUQvO95Pz8veIOj1y_IMhkr

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