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Article: Celebrating the Magna Carta.(Magna Carta Day)
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- Calliope
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- April 1, 2000
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Throughout the years, people in England have celebrated June 15 as Magna Carta Day.
Imagine grand pageants with hundreds of costumed actors, and parades with horses and brass bands. Imagine dances and games, fancy feasts, face painting, and magic and puppet shows. Imagine exhibitions of livestock and terriers.
Many of these festivities take place right in the meadow of Runnymede or in the vicinity. Some celebrations are one-day events, such as Magna Carta Day in Egham. Others are longer. The Magna Carta Trust sponsors a festival every two years, rotating the location among what are called the five charter towns. They are Runnymede, St. Albans, Bury St. ...