ENGLAND will officially end 47 years in what is known as the European Union later today, more than three years after the Brexit referendum in which a close majority voted to leave. The New York Times reports:

Flags will line Parliament Square and The Mall, the ceremonial avenue leading to Buckingham Palace, and government buildings will be lit up in the red, white and blue of the Union Jack.

A countdown clock will be projected onto the front of 10 Downing Street, the prime minister’s official residence, along with a commemorative light display to “symbolize the strength and unity” of the four nations of the United Kingdom, the government said.

But a campaign for a celebratory 11 p.m. chime from Big Ben — the great bell of Parliament’s clock tower, which is currently silenced for restoration work — did not succeed.

Congratulations, England!

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(Video from Little England is Ours; Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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