Scientology holidays opened at Saint Hill Manor in 1967. Celebrates the opening of the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida in 1975. This is the only secular and non-Hubbard-based observance on the official Scientology calendar, which states ""This event welcomes in the new year with a review of accomplishments over the previous year and a look forward to the upcoming year and plans for further reach into new areas of society with L. Ron Hubbard’s technology. Stellar accomplishments of Scientology parishioners helping new people to move up The Bridge to Total Freedom are acknowledged."" Additionally, many more anniversaries of notable events in
Tax status of Scientology in the United States which purportedly delivered banking services to Flag. However, in reality OTC had no offices, officers or employees. Flag's funds were deposited in OTC's Swiss bank accounts, on all of which Hubbard was a signatory. In 1972, Hubbard had $2 million in cash transferred from OTC's accounts to the "Apollo", where it was stored in a locked file cabinet to which only his wife Mary Sue had the keys. Another vehicle for inurement was the United States Churches of Scientology Trust, described by the US Court of Claims in 1984 as "a bogus trust controlled by key church officials" including Hubbard