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本帖最後由 peacedan 於 2009-5-24 09:03 編輯
Back 150 years to 1859 to the first Victoria Day held in this city. On Monday, May 18, the annual salute to the sovereign by the Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery marked this special date in this city's 150th year.
The salute in 1859 was not with anvils, but with rifles and cannon, and took place at the Royal Engineers' Camp - today the lower edge of the Fraserview development above Sapperton Landing Park.
There were military parades, salutes, games, sports, entertainment, treats and social events, and much loyalty and devotion for Queen Victoria - "the anthem was sung by all present in a strain that filled many with emotion ... all testified by volumes upon volumes of fervent vociferation how they felt and could pay tribute to the good Queen of England ... (and) Colonel Moody was warmly and enthusiastically cheered by the troops and civilians more than once."











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