The Monument

This monument was dedicated to John the Duke of Wellington by Queen Anne and Parliament to show their thanks for his help in the Napoleonic War. He got all the land too.

Blenheim, Christ Church, and Magdalen

September 26th 2008
Wow....sorry this is so late in coming, but hopefully I can catch up eventually. Let me give you a real quick idea of three things I did recently in Oxford: -All of us visited Blenheim Palace together as a group. It was only about a 20-25 minute bus ride to Woodstock from Oxford and it was so worth it. Blenheim Palace was, for a long time, the family home of the Duke of Marlbourgh. Queen An ... 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

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