Westminster Abbey

Busy day on Whitehall

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May 17th 2011
Today was an extremely busy day, but a very good day. I spent the day in central London, specifically in and around Whitehall. The plan was to see as many of the sites around that street as humanly possible in one day. I managed four of them, but it wasn't from a lack of trying. On my list of sites for the day I had them listed in order of close, so that I could save the later ones, we ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more