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August 23, 2005
William Wallace 700th anniversary
Dawn at the Wallace Monument, 23 August 2005, Photo © SCH
Today is the 700th anniversary of the death of William Wallace, executed at Smithfield, London, on 23 August, 1305.
Who is the real Wallace? - Scotsman - Jim Gilchrist on history, film and monuments thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=1806372005
I Can Not Be a Traitor - BBC - Radio Scotland broadcast about William Wallace www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/genres/history/aod.shtml?scotland/feature2_thu
Ancient Scots documents mark Wallace anniversary - Scotsman - Three historic documents brought together as part of the For Freedom Alone exhibition at Holyrood thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1789442005
The Wallace Monument from Stirling Bridge, sunset 19 August 2005, Photo © SCH
Posted by Simon Holledge at August 23, 2005 09:03 AM
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Comments
Nice sunset pic, Simon.
What's the take on the Mel Gibson film? Personally, I thought it was great, but as I know virtually nothing about Scottish history I have no idea how accurate it is...
Posted by: Mark Gamon at August 26, 2005 01:06 PM
You are kind but my photos are not really up to your standard . . .
I gather than Mel Gibson's version is even more wildly inaccurate than I thought when I first saw it, however it did put Scotland on the map in places where they weren't aware of it. It's worth remembering that many countries don't have separate words (or at least they don't use them) for England, Scotland and Wales.
Posted by: Simon Holledge at August 26, 2005 02:06 PM