Pictures as hundreds turn out for Arbroath Declaration Day celebrations

Pictures as hundreds turn out for Arbroath Declaration Day celebrations

Hundreds turned out for Friends of Arbroath Abbey event before joining a parade to recreate the departure of the 1320 declaration to France.

On April 6, 1320, Scottish nobles signed the Declaration of Arbroath.

On April 6, 1320, Scottish nobles reaffirmed their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath addressed to Pope John XXII. — And on April 6, 1652, the Cape Colony, the first European settlement in South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company under Jan van Riebeeck. — Today is the birthday of novelist Vince Flynn. (Born April 6, 1966, died June 19, 2013.) His death at age 47 was a loss to the literary world. — This is al…

Declaration of Arbroath #OnThisDay

On 6th April 1320 the barons and freeholders of the Kingdom of Scotland wrote a letter to Pope John XXII. The letter asked the pope to recognise Scotland’s independence and acknowledge Robert the Bruce as the country’s lawful king. Written in Latin, it was sealed by eight earls and about 40 barons. It was authenticated […]