On Memorial Day Aldo and I drove nine miles west of our house to see Runnymede, the Thames valley where in 1215 King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta marking the foundations of civil liberty and constitutional law. Nearby the Runnymede Memorial we actually stood on American ground as Queen Elizabeth gave the USA an acre of soil here for a memorial to JFK after his death in 1963. These words from Kennedy's first inaugural address in January 1961 are engraved on the memorial:
| "Let every National know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend or oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty." |
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Walking across the Runnymede valley was an awesome way of celebrating Memorial Day in the UK.
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