Olympic flag handover 400 places in the United Kingdom will be jointly promoted flag _ schools teaching network

Today, the 2012 London Olympic Games Organizing Committee announced: August 24, the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing and London Olympic flag handover ceremony, the United Kingdom over 400 local Olympic flag will be hoisted to celebrate London from this moment on, officially became the next summer Olympics host city.

At the Olympic and Paralympic history, Olympic flag handover in many places at the same time, this is the first time. According to reports, the United Kingdom to over 400 organisations and the Commission had to August 24, the day scheduled gatherings and flag-raising activities, including the local: local government office building, United Kingdom Royal barracks, United Kingdom Government, the British Isles in the extreme north of Ukrainian Ernst southernmost island and Cornwall's "Earth", the most Eastern England Lowestoft and most Western Tin, Islands. Flag fluttering in the United Kingdom will also be various landmarks, including the No. 10 Downing Street, the National Maritime Museum and from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace set aside as between the sides. In addition, from Vancouver to Tokyo United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the Embassy, the British Council in Taiwan from Venezuela to the offices of China, the Olympic flag is raised.