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On 7 July 1713 a ‘Publick Thanksgiving’ was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for the ‘Blessings of Peace’.1 This event involved a grand procession from the Houses of Parliament to the Cathedral, a long religious service accompanied by music, followed in the evening by spectacular firework displays and other forms of celebration. Enormous crowds turned out to watch the processions, some paying to watch the festivities from balconies overlooking the proceedings, while others sat on specially prepared stands.2 Four thousand children from London charity schools were ‘placed upon a machine in the Strand’ and throughout the event they sang ‘hymns of . . . praise to God, for her Majesty’ and the gift of peace.3 As the queen had issued a proclamation for a general thanksgiving, religious ceremonies were held in towns and cities all over the country.4 The form of service to be used for these ceremonies was dictated by the Church of England and authorised by Queen Anne who read the document before it was printed.5 These regional ceremonies were accompanied by civic festivities which brought local communities together, and generated outpourings of fidelity to the queen. At provincial gatherings aldermen and other civic dignitaries made speeches and drank loyal toasts to the ‘Queen’, the ‘Peace’ and the ‘Protestant succession’.6 But not everyone was enamoured of the Peace Treaty. On the day of the St Paul’s ceremony a number of Whigs resisted the

12 Promoting the Peace: Queen Anne and the Public Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral