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Shakespeare's Globe

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February 19th 2009
Last weekend I got the opportunity to tour the Houses of Parliament in London which was pretty amazing. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take pictures. The buildings were so ornate and decorative inside and out, completely unlike any government building in the US. There is also an entire room, called the Queen's Robing Room, devoted entirely to the occasion of the Queen donning her elaborat ... 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