Preparations under way for Ulster Day celebrations of signing of Ulster Covenant
The loyal orders are holding a range of events across Northern Ireland this week in the run up to Ulster Day on Saturday - the anniversary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant.
A major parade in Tandragee is being organised which will see the public invited to reenact the signing of the Ulster Covenant, for the second year in a row.
Last year hundreds of Orangemen took part in a re-enactment in both Tandragee and Carrickfergus - in part to reassert their Britishness in the face of the Irish Sea Border.
Ulster Day - 28 September 1912 - saw almost 500,000 people in Ulster signed an oath known as the Ulster Covenant.
The covenant aimed to reassert the Britishness of signatories in light of a Home Rule Bill proposed in Westminster, which aimed to give Ireland a limited measure of local autonomy via a Dublin government.
Sir Edward Carson (Leader of the Irish Unionist Party) and James Craig (the Unionist MP for East Down) aimed to organise passionate Ulster opposition to the bill by creating a solemn and binding oath.
The resulting covenant was signed in a passionate atmosphere by all classes of Unionism, including labourers, professionals, gentry, aristocracy and clergy.
Jamie-Kyle Moore, Past Worshipful Master of LOL 305 in Tandragee, is helping organise another major parade in the town this year to mark the anniversary.
He is expecting some 800 participants in the parade and seven bands. As part of the event a wreath will be laid at the Cenotaph in Tandragee.
"As with last year, attendees will be invited once again to take part in a reenactment of signing the covenant," he said.
"Ulster Day is a very important date for unionism which is not adequately celebrated within our own community."
"So we are trying to establish it as a day where we can celebrate and commemorate who we are - our Britishness and our unionism - and why it's so important."
He objects to the fact that Northern Ireland remains within the EU Single Market, meaning it remains subject to many EU laws and is subject to an EU customs restrictions on goods coming into NI from GB.
The parade begins at Tandragee Free Presbyterian Church Car Park at 3pm where it finishes at 5:30pm.
Other local branches of the loyal orders are organising their own Ulster Day events.
Ballymena & District Apprentice Boys organised a week long 'Annual Ulster Covenant Festival' at the Braidwater Hall in Ballymena, including a Table quiz on Friday 7:30pm and their Annual Ulster Day Parade, leaving the hall at 2pm on Saturday.
Orange Heritage Week has also been recognised at Ballymacarrett Orange Hall in Belfast. On Friday it is hosting the District Awards, Saturday is a memorabilia and banner display and Sunday has an Ulster Day Service at Westbourne Presbyterian Church 11:30am
A presentation will be given by Quincey Dougan on 'The Road to the Diamond and the Barclay Atrocity' at Kinnegao Orange Hall near Blackwatertown in Co Armagh, on Thursday at 8pm.
There will also be an Ulster Day Breakfast on Saturday Saturday at Newtowncunningham Orange Hall near Letterkenny in Co Donegal from 9:30am to 12:30pm.
And Victoria Orange Hall in Larne is holding a breakfast morning on Saturday from 10am-1pm, with a talk by Dr David Hume.