Sir William Wallace: memorial of Sir William Wallace in Smithfield, the City, London, August 2007

Smithfield was dangerous and exciting square where public executions were held in medieval time; one of the most famous victims was sir William Wallace, the Scottish revolutionary who was executed in the field in 1305

Many people know Sir William Wallace by famous fime, Bereave Heart


P.S: for Saleh; that's the text

TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF
SIR WILLIAM WALLACE
SCOTTISH PATRIOT BORN AT ELDERSLIE
RENFREWSHIRE CIRCA 1270 AD. WHO FROM
THE YEAR 1296 FOUGHT DAUNTLESSLY
IN DEFENCE OF HIS COUNTRY’S LIBERTY AND
INDEPENDENCE IN THE FACE OF FEARFUL
ODDS AND GREAT HARDSHIP BEING
EVENTUALLY BETRAYED AND CAPTURED
BROUGHT TO LONDON AND PUT TO DEATH
NEAR THIS SPOT ON THE
23 RD. AUGUST 1305

HIS EXAMPLE HEROISM AND DEVOTION
INSPIRED THOSE WHO CAME AFTER HIM
TO WIN VICTORY FROM DEFEAT AND HIS
MEMORY REMAINS FOR ALL TIME A SOURCE
OF PRIDE HONOUR AND INSPIRATION
TO HIS COUNTRYMEN

DICO TIBI VERUM LIBERTAS OPTIMA RERUM
NUNQUAM SERVILE SUB NEXU VIVITO FILI
BAS AGUS BUAIDH