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Beacon 2000: Starts with The Great Walk on 1 January 1999 and ends on 31 December 1999 - as the third and final step of the Beacon Millennium Festival, the year 2000 will be heralded by the successive lighting of beacons, reminiscent of the passing of the Olympic torch from bearer to bearer, as midnight arrives throughout the world on the dawning of a new era in human history.

From Bangor to Bangkok, from Manhattan to Mandalay, beacon signal fires will spring into flame in expression of a worldwide hope for peace, international friendship, and a new common responsibility for the welfare of our shared environment. Beacons have been used for communication for more than two thousand years. Historically, beacons were lit to pass on the news of a glorious event in a nation's history.

"The Momentous Celebration" will use the lighting of beacons as a celebration of the common experience of mankind - of our shared hopes, fears, and concerns.

Greenwich England is where East meets West at the Greenwich Meridian (0° Longitude); World Time is set Greenwich Mean Time. Remember the new millennium started in 2001.

Greenwich lies on the River Thames, a few minutes by rail or tube, or a short river cruise from central London.  If you want to visit Greenwich and information on visiting London, England then see Greenwich Info.  There is the famous Cutty Sark to visit and the Royal Naval College.  Just down river is the Thames Barrier which is close to London City Airport

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich is in Greenwich Park along with the National Maritime Museum and the Queens House (on which the White House in Washington DC, USA is based).  For information on astronomy visit Greenwich Star

The London Marathon starts in Greenwich Park every Spring.

Greenwich has a long heritage; it was the birth place of King Henry VIII and his daughters Queen Mary (Bloody Mary) and Queen Elizabeth I (The Virgin Queen).  All the English monarchs can be found at Royal History.

It has seen many famous visitors from Peter the Great through Charles Dickens to Bob Hope.  This and a lot more in Greenwich Past.

For information on all the other places in the world called Greenwich including Greenwich Village, New York City, USA then visit Greenwich Town.

Visit the Greenwich Book Shelf where you can buy titles old and new.

 

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