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Written Question · S2W-10150 · Session 2

What plans it has to commemorate next year’s 700th anniversary of the execution of William Wallace.

Answered Asked by Richard Lochhead SNP Lodged 27 Aug 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to commemorate next year’s 700th anniversary of the execution of William Wallace.

The answer

Answered by Frank McAveety on 14 Sep 2004 · 18 days after it was lodged, on time

The 700th Anniversary of William Wallace’s death will be a significant attraction for visitors to Stirling in particular and Scotland as a whole. We are therefore working with Stirling Council, VisitScotland and Historic Scotland to develop an appropriate programme of educational activities and events for August 2005.

In the Official Report

1 contribution mention S2W-10150
  1. 10 Nov 2004
    New Petitions
    Michael McMahon Lab Public Petitions Committee

    Petition PE781 was lodged by John Stewart Heselden and calls on the Scottish Parliament to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Sir William Wallace's death on 23 August 2005; to mark the date an annual event in the Scottish calendar therea…