Oak Apple Day in 2022

May 29 is Oak Apple Day, once a public holiday to celebrate the restoration of Charles II. Oak apples are formed by gall wasps laying eggs in oak leaf buds to protect the larvae before they hatch. Oak apples on Rose Hill showing the interconnected web of #nature flourishing here https://t.co/4G1muV6O0k

— Save Rose Hill Bessacarr🍃💚🍃 #NatureInMyBackyard (@Save_Rose_Hill) May 29, 2022

Today is Oak Apple day! It is named this because of the story of Charles II hiding in an oak tree after the Battle of Worcester. This photo from our archives c1940 shows the gates of the Worcester Guildhall being decorated with oak leaves for the occasion. https://t.co/MPAJ920EvU

— explorethepast (@ExploreThePast) May 29, 2022

The Cathedral bellringers will ring today, 12-4pm for Oak Apple Day, the anniversary of Charles II's restoration to the monarchy in 1660. Worcester played a major part in the English Civil War. We ring to mark the Regicide and celebrate the Restoration 🔔🔔🔔 https://t.co/zksoRtbaKV

— Worcester Cathedral (@WorcCathedral) May 29, 2022

Today is Oak Apple Day. It commemorates the restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660. Samuel Pepys wrote: “…Parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King’s birthday, to be forever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King’s return…” https://t.co/YlNGsDrYBM

— The History Chap (@History_Chap) May 29, 2022

Oak Apple Day today and every year ALL SAINTS in Northampton holds a special commemoration. Ironic from a Town that was a Parliamentary garrison throughout the War https://t.co/K5ND7ywkDE

— Stephen Ede-Borrett (@EdeBorrett) May 29, 2022

Today is Oak Apple Day, the day celebrating the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II in 1660. Did you know that after landing at Dover on 25 May 1660, Charles spent the first 3 nights back on English soil in Canterbury. He then continued to London. https://t.co/RNRVhgF5hq

— Canterbury Commemoration Society (@CantCommSoc) May 29, 2022

Oak Apple Day was a holiday that celebrated the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. It was named after the Battle of Worcester, where Charles II famously escaped by hiding in an oak tree. Here is the House of Commons Journal from 1651 on the battle aftermath. #TowerRex https://t.co/QprpGYDqHV

— Parliament Archives (@UKParlArchives) May 29, 2022