Please take a moment to sign if you’re in favour.
So far the number of signatories stands at a somewhat pathetic amount.
Every year we talk about how April 23rd should be celebrated so here’s your chance to get something done about it.
Please forward the link to everyone you know who might be interested.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SupportStGeorge/
Done!
Also posted a thread in CVG’s forum…
I quite like this one - make sure you read the “more details”
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/newholiday/
All done and put a bulliten out on myspace too.
From Wikipedia so should be checked for accuracy… but:
“St George…a soldier of the Roman Empire, from Anatolia, now modern day Turkey, who was venerated as an Islamic and Christian martyr. Saint George is the most venerated saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox Churches. Immortalised in the tale of George and the Dragon, he is the patron saint of Canada, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Montenegro, Portugal, Serbia, the cities of Istanbul, Ljubljana and Moscow, as well as a wide range of professions, organisations and disease sufferers.”
Not exactly an obvious choice for an English hero.
I think I’d rather have a Newton Day, Brunel Day or a Darwin Day.
Then again, a day off is a day off 