Commonwealth Day

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international observance public observance

Commonwealth Day is an annual observance held by member states of the Commonwealth of Nations to celebrate their shared history, values, and cooperation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Commonwealth Day canonical	3
British Empire Day	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international observance ⓘ public observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Commonwealth Day ⓘ surface form: British Empire Day Empire Day ⓘ
associatedWith	Commonwealth Charter ⓘ Commonwealth flag ⓘ
celebratedBy	Commonwealth countries ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Nations member states
commemorates	Commonwealth countries ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth values ⓘ international cooperation among Commonwealth members ⓘ shared history of Commonwealth countries ⓘ
coordinatedBy	Commonwealth Secretariat ⓘ
features	Commonwealth Day message by the Head of the Commonwealth ⓘ civic events ⓘ cultural events ⓘ educational activities ⓘ flag-raising ceremonies ⓘ messages from Commonwealth leaders ⓘ multi-faith service at Westminster Abbey ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasDate	second Monday in March ⓘ
hasParticipant	civil society organizations in Commonwealth countries ⓘ governments of Commonwealth member states ⓘ schools in Commonwealth countries ⓘ
hasTheme	annual theme set by the Commonwealth Secretariat ⓘ
observedIn	African Commonwealth states ⓘ Asian Commonwealth states ⓘ Australia ⓘ People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Canada ⓘ Caribbean Commonwealth states ⓘ European Commonwealth states ⓘ Ghana ⓘ India ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Pacific Commonwealth states ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
previousDate	24 May ⓘ Empire Day date ⓘ
promotes	cultural diversity ⓘ democracy ⓘ gender equality ⓘ human rights ⓘ rule of law ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ youth engagement ⓘ
timeZoneScope	observed across multiple time zones ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commonwealth countries → sharesDay → Commonwealth Day ⓘ

Commonwealth Day → alsoKnownAs → Commonwealth Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Empire Day

Empire Day → replacedBy → Commonwealth Day ⓘ

Empire Day → relatedTo → Commonwealth Day ⓘ