Editing Commonwealth Day (section)

====British Overseas Territories====
Commonwealth Day was formerly celebrated as a public holiday in several [[British Overseas Territories]]. The day was observed as a school holiday in [[British Hong Kong]] before the [[handover of Hong Kong|handover of the territory]] from the United Kingdom to China in 1997.<ref name="McAlpine">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/03/5-things-happened-commonwealth-day |title=5 Things That Happened Because it is Commonwealth Day|author=Fraser McAlpine |date=2015 |website=[[BBC America]] |access-date=9 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009194543/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/03/5-things-happened-commonwealth-day |archive-date=9 October 2017 }}</ref> The date was also formerly observed as a public holiday in [[Gibraltar]].<ref name="Gib2002">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1870747.stm |title=The rocky road to Spain |date=13 March 2002 |work=[[BBC News]]|author= Catherine Miller |access-date=9 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218073355/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1870747.stm |archive-date=18 February 2006 }}</ref> In 2021, the holiday was moved to February instead of March.<ref name="Gib2021">{{cite web |title=Bank And Public Holidays Order 2021 (Holidays for 2022) |date=21 October 2021 |url=https://www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/legislations/bank-and-public-holidays-order-2021-6286/version/21-10-2021/download |publisher=Gibraltar Laws}}</ref> In 2022, Commonwealth Day was no longer listed as a public holiday in Gibraltar, with the February public holiday replaced by the Winter Midterm Bank Holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/press-releases/bank-and-public-holidays-2022-7603|title=Bank and Public Holidays 2022|date=18 January 2022|website=www.gibraltar.gov.gi|publisher=HM Government of Gibraltar|access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> Although the event is no longer a public holiday, the [[Government of Gibraltar]] continues to mark Commonwealth Day through various events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gibraltar marks Commonwealth Day - 163/2024 |url=https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/press-releases/gibraltar-marks-commonwealth-day-1632024-9709 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Government of Gibraltar |language=en}}</ref>