{"id":11634,"date":"2015-08-19T14:17:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T18:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=11634"},"modified":"2015-08-26T11:35:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T15:35:35","slug":"celebrations-will-mark-queens-milestone-reign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/celebrations-will-mark-queens-milestone-reign\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrations will mark Queen’s milestone reign"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aurora will host a series of celebrations next month to mark the milestone reign of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, September 9, the Queen will set the record as longest reigning monarch, overtaking the long-standing record set by Queen Victoria in 1897.<\/p>\n

To mark the occasion, a community celebration will be held that afternoon at Queen\u2019s Diamond Jubilee Park (18 Civic Square Gate at John West Way) beginning at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Diamond Jubilee Park will be the setting of a flag raising ceremony and dedication of a newly-installed flagpole, a citizenship affirmation ceremony, performances from the Evergreen Choir from the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre and the White Heather Pipes and Drums, along with greetings from Federal and Provincial dignitaries.<\/p>\n

Festivities continue at 3 p.m. at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre with a Celebration Tea featuring \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 tea, light sandwiches and dessert, with entertainment provided by the Evergreen Choir.<\/p>\n

At 4 p.m., celebrations shift to the Royal Canadian Legion at 105 Industrial Parkway North with a special meet and greet.<\/p>\n

From September to December, the Aurora Cultural Centre, in conjunction with the York Region Branch of the Monarchist League of Canada, hosts a special exhibition marking the Queen\u2019s record-setting reign and the role of the crown in Canada from Victoria through Elizabeth II. <\/p>\n

This theme will continue in a number of activities planned by the Centre to mark Culture Days on September 26.<\/p>\n

Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne on February 6, 1952 upon the death of her father, King George VI. The Town of Aurora marked her Diamond Jubilee with the dedication of Queen\u2019s Diamond Jubilee Park \u2013 formerly Civic Square Park \u2013 later that year. It is slated in the future to host a fully accessible playground with sensory features.<\/p>\n

Queen Victoria\u2019s record as monarch stood at 63 years, 216 days at the time of her death in January 1901. At press time, her great-great granddaughter\u2019s reign stands at 63 years, 193 days.<\/p>\n

September 9 will be marked in many communities across the country and, federally, by a special commemorative $20 bill, coin series, and postage stamps.
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\nIn the meantime, if you have any memories or photos of your own encounters with the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh or other members of the Royal Family \u2013 or even memories of the death of King George VI and Coronation Day — we want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and images to brock@auroran.com. <\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Queen Elizabeth II is set to overtake Queen Victoria’s record as longest reigning monarch on September 9, and the Town of Aurora is hosting a community celebration to mark the historic occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-20-01.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-31E","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-24 11:34:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}