Westminster Abbey. [photo: Debbie Ransome]
The Round Table Journal first appeared in 1910 and has been charting and analysing events which led to the formation of the modern Commonwealth. This dip into the Round Table archives provides a snapshot of how the event known as Commonwealth Day evolved:
1944 – Canada: The future of the Commonwealth
1959 – The changing commonwealth – Conceptions and realities
1959: The first Commonwealth Day – Hansard
1966 – Arnold Smith: The need for commonwealth – Resisting a fragmented world
How did Commonwealth Day move to Westminster Abbey?
Moving Commonwealth Day to a shared date
Thirty years of the Commonwealth Day Service
Britain and the transformation from empire to Commonwealth
The meaning of Commonwealth Day
Also of interest:
News and opinions from The Round Table
History of the The Round Table Journal
