Thursday, April 17, 2008

Every man did his duty

[April 17, Gibraltar]

IMGP3425 We often visit old cemeteries on our travels, both for the historic significance and for the poignant contemplation of lives gone by.



IMGP3423Some of the wounded from the battle of Trafalgar were brought to Gibraltar and the dead buried here. We (in the Anglophone world) owe them a great debt; but for them, most of Europe might be speaking French. 

 

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