The myth and memory of Waterloo
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The Role of Active and Passive in the Battle of Waterloo
The first Waterloo Museum in London is in Palmaal. And all of the volunteer, what would we refer to these days as sort of museum docents, the guides and that they weren't volunteers, are wounded soldiers from the battlefield. So we have this bizarre moment where high quality Londoners, the tongue, can wander through these rooms with swords and halberds and cannonballs and musketballs on the walls. There are also commemorations, things like Asens Royal Amphitheaters, Hippodrama of the Battle of Waterloo,. Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Waterloo Fett.
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