The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting...
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The Freedom of the City of London started around 1237 as the status of a 'free man' or 'citizen', protected by the charter of the City of London and not...
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Freedom City is a fictional, city-based campaign setting for the roleplaying game Mutants & Masterminds. It was designed by Steve Kenson. Steve Kenson...
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The Freedom of the City is a 1973 play written by Irish playwright Brian Friel. The play is set in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1970 during the Troubles...
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The Freedom of the City of Dublin is awarded by Dublin City Council after approving a person nominated by the Lord Mayor. Eighty-two people have been...
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The Freedom of the City of Aberdeen is an honour bestowed by the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. The Freedom of the City of Aberdeen has its origins in the...
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The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status in Greater London, England. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and...
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Gibraltar (redirect from The weather in Gibraltar)
Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic...
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Freedom City is the southeast part of Hvidovre and a Copenhagen suburb. This part of Hvidovre is well populated, and is therefore a very vibrant town....
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Newport, Wales (redirect from City of Newport, United Kingdom)
received the Freedom of the City of Newport. Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar: 1909. (Borough of Newport) John Moses: 1909. (Borough of Newport)...
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Livery company (redirect from Freedom of the Company)
Membership of a livery company may combine with the freedom of the City of London, now an essential formality, though in the past the Freedom carried benefits...
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Dawson City, officially the City of Dawson, is a city in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899)...
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Awarded freedom of the City of Hull, United Kingdom. Awarded Degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 3 July 1985 Freeman of Midlothian...
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The Freedom of the City, in military terms, is an honour conferred by a city council upon a military unit, which grants that unit the privilege of marching...
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Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and...
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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (section Freedom of the City)
resort town and city in the province of Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. It lies on the southern bank of the Zambezi River at the western end of Victoria Falls...
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Belfast (redirect from City of Belfast, United Kingdom)
ˈfʲɛɾˠ(ə)ʃtʲə]) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through...
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Plymouth (redirect from City of Plymouth)
"Freedom of City honour and parade for The Rifles". This is Plymouth. 11 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. "Freedom of the City...
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Bristol (redirect from Bristol; City of UA)
"Kenyan athlete to be made freeman of Bristol". ITV News. 5 July 2012. "Peter Higgs receives the freedom of the city of Bristol". BBC News. 4 July 2013....
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Peterborough (redirect from The weather in Peterborough)
a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For many centuries, the city and its surroundings...
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Derry (redirect from City of Londonderry)
is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. The old walled city lies...
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Oxford (redirect from The city of dreaming spires)
is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status...
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"Torches of Freedom" was a phrase used to encourage women's smoking by exploiting women's aspirations for a better life during the early twentieth century...
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York (redirect from York (city))
cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. It is the county town of Yorkshire. The city...
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The City of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority area with both borough and city status, in Buckinghamshire. It is the northernmost district of the South...
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Ken Holland (category Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States)
dead link] McIntyre, Pete (October 12, 2021). "City of Vernon awards Oilers G.M. Holland Freedom of the City". CFJC Today. Retrieved October 12, 2021. Biographical...
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Chichester (redirect from City of Chichester)
Freedom of the City". 25 February 2018. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021. "Tim Peake to be awarded the Freedom of...
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Derby (redirect from City of Derby)
2022 – via YouTube. "Photograph of Brian Clough Receiving the Freedom of the City of Derby Scroll". Alamy. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved...
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Joseph Sikora (category American people of Polish descent)
2012 with The Freedom of the City. In 2012, Sikora appeared in the Tom Cruise feature film Jack Reacher as an Army sniper wrongfully accused of gunning...
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Stirling (redirect from Royal Burgh of Stirling)
"Cricketer given Freedom of City". 3 April 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2020. "Andy Murray given 'freedom of the city' in Stirling". The Independent. 22 April...
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