Farewell

Chaff

Dear readers:

I would like to take this moment to thank all those of you at the Mackinac Center for giving me a two and a half year opportunity to author a corporate blog on the development of liberty in the Western world. As is apparent from a casual glance, Landmarks of Liberty has grown from an undergraduate and amateur approach to research to a graduate evaluation of primary source material. I now desire to continue growing in my profession of history on a less formally corporate and more personal forum. If nothing else, I hope that my broad range of subjects in the last few centuries of Western history on Landmarks of Liberty will serve as useful reference material for the Mackinac Center and like minded friends the world over. To the rest of my readers, I will be writing on Commonwealth Crossings so as to provide a more personal forum for historical research and discussion.

I wish you all a very fine and friendly farewell.

Your servant,

Wesley

FINIS

Accession Day of the Diamond Jubilee: February 6, 2012

Elizabeth and Philip - 1953

Per Scriptum E. Wesley - Mackinac Center Intern

February sixth marked the sixtieth year anniversary of the death of King George VI and the inauguration of Queen Elizabeth II's first year, by God's grace, on the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland. Her reign has only been superseded in length by that of Queen Victoria. Like Victoria, Elizabeth has proved over sixty years that the pageantry of monarchy over a free people and the representative demands of government maintained by constitutional law may blend seamlessly. Now, in the sixtieth year of her reign, the queen intends to return to the Baroque pomp of the boating celebrations of the 17th century for a formal anniversary of her coronation in June. In the meantime, the queen's February celebrations have been reflective, if not as triumphant as the June celebrations will be. Below are some videos covering the events:

The report on Jubilee Eve

The recommitment of the Queen to her vow

A quiet church service and friendly reception

Giving of Thanks

The Jubilee Tree takes its place among the Great Trees of memory. Long may it grow and green may its leaves remain, unwithed by frost or the shifting happenings of man!

In anticipation for the formal reception of the Queen in June, the Royal boat is revealed.

The Coronation of Her Majesty, by God's grace, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain

June 1953

God save the Queen