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Yorkshire Day is celebrated on 1 August to promote the historic English county of Yorkshire〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014 - top 10 regions )〕 It was celebrated in 1975, by the Yorkshire Ridings Society, initially in Beverley, as "a protest movement against the Local Government re-organisation of 1974", The date alludes to the Battle of Minden, and also the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, for which a Yorkshire MP, William Wilberforce, had campaigned. The day was already celebrated by the Light Infantry, successors to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, as Minden Day. Together with five other infantry regiments of the British Army, a rose is permitted to be worn in the headdress. In the case of the Light Infantry, the rose is white. Amongst the celebrations there is a Civic gathering of Lord Mayors, Mayors, and other Civic Heads from across the county, convened by the Yorkshire Society, which has been held in: *1998: Huddersfield *1999: Kingston upon Hull〔''Hull Daily Mail'', 29 July 1999〕 *2001: Wakefield *2003: Halifax *2004: Leeds *2005: Bradford *2006: Penistone *2007: Kingston upon Hull〔(Yorkshire Day celebrates traditional culture and heritage of our county ) Wilberforce 2007: 1 August 2007.〕 *2008: Redcar〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yorkshire Day plans for Redcar and Cleveland )〕 *2009: Malton *2010: Hedon *2011: Wakefield 〔() Experience Wakefield Events: 1 August 2011.〕 *2012: Scarborough *2013: Skipton *2014: South Kirkby and Moorthorpe *2015: Doncaster Saltburn, Guisborough and Saddleworth have also played host. Similar events have been promoted by the Friends of Real Lancashire (27 November, since 1996) and the Huntingdonshire Society (25 April, since 2002) to promote their counties. ==The Declaration of Integrity== A central tradition of Yorkshire Day is the reading of the Yorkshire Declaration of Integrity, which affirms Yorkshire's ancient foundation in 875 AD (as the Kingdom of Jorvik by the Viking chief Halfdan Ragnarsson) and asserts the inviolability of its ancient boundaries: ''"I, (), being a resident of the () Riding of Yorkshire (City of York ) declare: In York the Declaration is made four times by the Yorkshire Ridings Society, once for each Riding and once for the City of York. The traditional boundaries of the Three Ridings run up to the ancient city walls, so by processing out of three of the bars (gatehouses) the Society can make the Declaration in each Riding, followed by reading the Declaration within a fourth bar inside the City. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yorkshire Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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