He at once cancels the celebrations and, buckling on his scimitar, stumbles blindly from the house, where he is hit and killed by a passing oxcart.

Arbor Day reached its height of popularity on its 125th anniversary in 1997, when David J. Wright, noticed that a Nebraska nonprofit organization called the National Arbor Day Foundation had taken the name of the holiday and commercialized it for their own use as a trademark for their publication " Arbor Day ," so he countered their efforts, launched a website, and trademarked it for " public use celebrations " and defended the matter in a federal district court in the United States to ensure it was judged as property of the public domain, the case was settled in October 1999.

) Similarly, when Jewish families and larger groups sing traditional Sabbath songs known as zemirot outside the context of formal religious services, they usually do so a cappella, and Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations on the Sabbath sometimes feature entertainment by a cappella ensembles.

:* New York City has numerous Bastille Day celebrations each July, including Bastille Day on 60th Street hosted by the French Institute Alliance Française between Fifth and Lexington Avenues on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Bastille Day on Smith Street in Brooklyn, and Bastille Day in Tribeca.

They base their celebrations and rituals on traditional lore from the living Celtic cultures, as well as research into the older beliefs of the polytheistic Celts.

The Snowbirds on Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa

" However, the locus of the celebrations is the national capital, Ottawa, Ontario, where large concerts and cultural displays are held on Parliament Hill, with the governor general and prime minister typically officiating, though the monarch or another member of the Royal Family may also attend or take the governor general's place.

Annual celebrations also take place in Hong Kong, entitled Canada D ' eh and held on June 30 at Lan Kwai Fong, where an estimated attendance of 12, 000 was reported in 2008 ; in Afghanistan, where members of the Canadian Forces mark the holiday at their base ; and in Mexico, at the American Legion in Chapala, and the Canadian Club in Ajijic.

Beginning in 1958, the Canadian government began to orchestrate Dominion Day celebrations, usually consisting of Trooping the Colour ceremonies on Parliament Hill in the afternoon and evening, followed by a mass band concert and fireworks display.

Other events fell on the same day coincidentally, such as the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 — shortly after which Newfoundland recognized July 1 as Memorial Day to commemorate the Newfoundland Regiment's heavy losses during the battle — and the enactment of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923 — leading Chinese-Canadians to refer to July 1 as Humiliation Day and boycott Dominion Day celebrations until the act was repealed in 1947.

The Queen also participated in celebrations of Canada's 100th anniversary on July 1, 1967.

Speaking at 30th anniversary celebrations on 26 July 2006, Commander Bradley Bower said that the greatest challenge facing the navy of a maritime country like Fiji was to maintain sovereignty and the maritime environment, to acquire, restore, and replace equipment, and to train officers to keep pace with changing situations.

Similarly, the celebrations also reflected on the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman's focus on the youth that year.

As Fourth of July celebrations commemorating the Founding Fathers and the heroes of the Revolutionary War became increasingly popular, however, the pursuit of ' antiquarianism ,' which focused on local history, became acceptable as a way to honor the achievements of early Americans.

The dons of Harriet Vane's alma mater, the all-female Shrewsbury College ( a thinly veiled take on Sayers ' own Somerville College ), have invited her back to attend the much anticipated annual ' Gaudy ' celebrations.

Anzac Day celebrations take place on 25 April, the day the Anzac troops landed at what is known as Anzac Cove.

At home, they are expected to render luster to various occasions by their presence, such as by attending artistic or sports performances or competitions, expositions, celebrations, military parades and remembrances, prominent funerals, visiting parts of the country, enterprises, care facilities ( often in a theatrical honor box, on a platform, on the front row, at the honours table etc.

However, celebrations were cut short the following day when, on 7 July 2005, London was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks.

A Viking longship is burnt during Edinburgh's annual Hogmanay celebrations ( though Edinburgh has no historical connection with the Norse invaders ). When Ne ' erday falls on a Sunday, 3 January becomes an additional public holiday in Scotland ; when Ne ' erday falls on a Saturday, both 3 and 4 January will be public holidays in Scotland ; when Ne ' erday falls on a Friday, 4 January becomes an additional public holiday in Scotland.

In the celebrations marking the return of democracy in March 1990 at Santiago's Estadio Nacional de Chile, the anthem was played in its present melody, raised to F Major ( the Royal Musical Official Version of the anthem ) which is the original melody of the second anthem by Carnicer, but using the 1847 lyrics as text, save for the original chorus.

Jason, celebrating his return with the Golden Fleece, noted that his father was too aged and infirm to participate in the celebrations.

Widespread rumors of Napoleon's return from St. Helena and Napoleon as an inspiration for patriotism, individual and collective liberties, and political mobilization manifested themselves in seditious materials, notably displaying the tricolor and rosettes, and subversive activities celebrating anniversaries of Napoleon's life and reign and disrupting royal celebrations, and demonstrated the prevailing and successful goal of the varied supporters of Napoleon to constantly destabilize the Bourbon regime.

After attending the celebrations and a 23 July ceremony to mark the closing of a military officer training school he had attended decades earlier, Bokassa decided to return to the CAR.

Other notable incidents on the return of the Legion included an assembly for a personal address by Hitler on 6 June 1939, and a parade as part of the celebrations organized for Hitler's 50th birthday 20 April 1939.

The year 2000 saw Schama return to the UK, having been commissioned by the BBC to produce a series of television documentary programmes on British history as part of their Millennium celebrations, under the title A History of Britain.

The ribbon primarily symbolized the resolve of the American people to win the hostages ' safe release, and it featured prominently in the celebrations of their return home in January 1981.

Thus it was inevitable that the very earliest Christians also expected the imminent return of Christ to also occur during their Passover celebrations.

It is particularly popular during " Semana Santa " ( Holy Week ), when campers stay for seven days and then return to Navojoa for Easter celebrations.

Buller was also popular as a military leader amongst the public in England, and he had a triumphal return from South Africa with many public celebrations, including those on 10 November 1900 when he went to Aldershot to resume his role as GOC Aldershot District, later to be remembered as a Buller day.

It was used during the pagan celebrations of the return of the Spring time.

On 14 July 2009 Martone made a brief return to the house during the tenth series as part of Big Brother's anniversary celebrations, where a housemate from each series would come back and take part in a task from their series with a housemate from the current series, he recreated the gymkhana task with Noirin Kelly.

Chambers made a brief return to the show in 2005, after line producer Linda Walker emailed her asking if she would return for the 20th anniversary celebrations.

" Alexander reportedly declined to return as Hilda as part of Coronation Street's 50th anniversary celebrations in December 2010.

During the last weekend of July, former residents return for celebrations and parades.

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Guns were going off all over Washington City these days, because of the celebrations, and the theatre was not soundproof.

Indeed, the celebrations of the new holiday in 1880 were particularly magnificent.

No official celebrations were therefore held until 1917 — the golden anniversary of Confederation — and then none again for a further decade.

" The 1940 celebrations also included a concert at the Tokyo Kabukiza for which new works were commissioned from composers in France, Hungary, England ( Benjamin Britten, Sinfonia da Requiem, ultimately rejected ), and Germany ( Richard Strauss, Japanische Festmusik ).

Many of the pre-Christian, traditional Indo-European, festivals and celebrations such as Tyarndarach ( Trndez-associated with fire worship ) and Vartavar ( Vadarvar-associated with water worship ), that dated back to thousands of years were preserved and continued in the form of Christian celebrations and chants.

Other female deities such as the valkyries, the norns, and the dísir are associated with a Germanic concept of fate ( Old Norse Ørlög, Old English Wyrd ), and celebrations were held in their honor, such as the Dísablót and Disting.

" Fire workers " were also required to craft fireworks for celebrations of victory or peace.

The tradition of marking the day with the ringing of church bells and bonfires started soon after the Plot's discovery, and fireworks were included in some of the earliest celebrations.

Himmler modified a variety of existing customs to emphasize the elitism and central role of the SS ; an SS naming ceremony was to replace baptism, marriage ceremonies were to be altered, a separate SS funeral ceremony was to be held in addition to Christian ceremonies, and SS-centric celebrations of the summer and winter solstice were instituted.

The Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations are among the largest in the world, although in 2003-4 most of the organised events were cancelled at short notice due to very high winds.

Similarly, the 2006-07 celebrations in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling were all cancelled on the day, again due to high winds and heavy rain.

Great games and celebrations were held in April to honor Caesar ’ s victory at Munda.

When Cannon supporters proved difficult to find ( many of the staunchest were Irish and spent the day at various St. Patrick's Day celebrations ), the filibuster continued for 26 hours, with Cannon's present friends making repeated motions for recess and adjournment.

The different foreign-policy conceptions held by Hitler and Ribbentrop were illustrated in their reaction to the Fall of Singapore in 1942: Ribbentrop wanted this great British defeat to be a day of celebration in Germany, whereas Hitler forbade any celebrations on the grounds that Singapore represented a sad day for the principles of white supremacy.

As Europe became Christianized, the pagan holidays lost their religious character and either changed into popular secular celebrations, as with May Day, or were merged with or replaced by new Christian holidays as with Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and All Saint's Day.

Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe.

Prior to the 19th century distinctive May day celebrations were widespread throughout West Cornwall, and are being revived in St. Ives and Penzance.

They were historically an important part of the Christmas celebrations in Nevis, performed on Christmas Eve by small troupes consisting of five or six men accompanied by string bands from different parts of the island.

In 2000, celebrations were held all over Wales to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Glyndŵr rising.

The creation of the National Assembly for Wales brought him back into the spotlight and in 2000 celebrations were held all over Wales to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the rising.

This is an ancient British midwinter celebration that occurs every year in Padstow and was originally part of the pagan heritage of midwinter celebrations that were regularly celebrated all over Cornwall where people would guise dance and disguise themselves by blackening up their faces or wearing masks.

There were celebrations in 2007 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the slave trade in the United Kingdom through the work of the British Anti-Slavery Society.