One Year Out

One year ago I was in Leicester, helping to bury a King.




Today we are celebrating the one year anniversary of the Reinterment of King Richard III. There are lots of activities in Leicester today.

These include:

• Children's Easter bonnet competition with medieval activities
• Book launch for How to Bury a King by The Revd. Pete Hobson
• Conflict 1485 Bosworth, with soldiers of the household of King Richard marching through the streets of Leicester
• A theatre production called Uncle Richard
• Medieval cooking and food tasting
• Calligraphy workshop
• Floral seminar

All of these sound very enjoyable to me but I will get to do none of them, being here in the United States.

But I am able to participate in one activity for the day.

Earlier this year, the King Richard III put out a request on their website for photographs taken during the Reinterment Week. They were planning to create a very large portrait of Richard III in the Visitor Centre, composed of all of these tiny photos.

Of course, I had to send in some photos so that I could be a part of the project. I would be in Leicester without being in Leicester!

Today the exhibit opened. It looks amazing! 

Here is the article about Remembering the Reinterment.

I was quite tickled to read that photos "came from as far afield as the United States." Because that includes me!

Unfortunately, I won't get to see the exhibit. It will be taken down before I return to Leicester. I will have to rely on others to tell me about it, if they are able to. They might even find me in the portrait, because I'm there! 

What photos did I include? You will just have to go to the Visitors Centre and try to guess!