And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I lived in a flat about 50 yards from the lower right of the photo for six months.
ReplyDeleteI've walked and drank the "Royal Mile" a half-dozen times over a 20 year period.
ReplyDeleteOn my 1st visit in 1970 I met a local girl (Margaret Ferguson) and almost married her
I'm too old now to go back but I think about it often!
Thanks for a fine photo Sir!
A visit to Scotland is on my bucket list.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother Keith's people were from Aberdeen, in the vicinity of Dunottar Castle.
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