The Festival of (the) Empire was held at The Crystal Palace in London in 1911, to celebrate the coronation of King George V. The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and Glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A coronation is a ceremony marking the investiture of a Monarch with regal power specifically involving the placement of a crown upon his or her head and the It opened on 12 May. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.
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Exhibition
Exhibitions of products from the countries of the Empire were displayed in three-quarter size models of their Parliamentary buildings erected in the grounds. [1]
Pageant
A pageant dramatising the history of London, England and the Empire was held. [2]
Inter-Empire Championships
As part of the festival an Inter-Empire sports championship was held in which teams from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom competed in events such as boxing, wrestling, swimming and athletics. This is regarded as a forerunner of the British Empire (now Commonwealth) Games, held from 1930. The Commonwealth Games is a multinational Multi-sport event. Held every four years it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The 1930 British Empire Games were the first of what later become known as the Commonwealth Games, and were held in Hamilton Ontario, Canada
There were five athletics events (100 yards, 220 yards, 880 yards, 1 mile and 120 yards hurdles), two swimming events (100 yards and 1 mile), plus heavyweight boxing and middleweight wrestling. [3]
For the three New Zealand competitors, see [4]. See also Harold Hardwick (from Australia) and John Tait (from Canada). Harold Hampton Hardwick (14 December 1888 &ndash 22 February 1959 was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s who won gold in the 4x200 m freestyle For other people of the same name see John Tait. John Lindsay "Jack" Tait ( September 25, 1888 &ndash July
External links
- Souvenir book, digitized
- A 1911 postcard
- Another 1911 postcard
- History of the Commonwealth Games, from the Commonwealth Games Council for England
References
- Festival of Empire: the Pageant of London (1911, Bemrose & Sons, London) (souvenir book, 163 pages, edited by Sophie C. Lomas; master of the pageants Frank Lascelles),
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