History - Lancashire Day in Class 2

Date: 27th Nov 2019 @ 9:56am

Today in class 2 we celebrated Lancashire Day. We heard the proclamation read out in Lancaster and looked at the history of the Red Rose. 

The Red Rose of Lancaster derives from the gold rose badge of Edward I of England. Other members of his family used variants of the royal badge, with the king's brother, the Earl of Lancaster, using a red rose. It is believed that the Red Rose of Lancaster was the House of Lancaster’s  badge during the War of the Roses. There are, however, doubts as to whether the red rose was actually an emblem taken up by the Lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses and it may have been adopted afterwards.

After learning about the rose, we created some art work.