The Churchill Society London. This page has many colour photographs. It will take time to download. The passage of time often casts a false romantic glow over war.
Men forget the cruelty and suffering that it brings to the innocent.
His monument is on Plymouth Hoe. August 1704 Louis XIV King of France. 1643-1715 Petty and mediocre in all except his lusts and power, the Sun King disturbed and harried mankind during more than fifty years of arrogant pomp. It took the nation only a few months to realise the debt that was owed to Marlborough after this victory. The nation's appreciation was expressed by a gift to him of Blenheim Palace.