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I'd like to meet:
All my Grand Fathers all the way back to number one. I also would meet Sir William Wallace Guardian of Scotland Patriot.......... The movie Braveheart got bravery, the essence of William Wallace, correct, although it took some literary liberties with his life and deeds. Wallace was the younger son of a minor laird who was a vassal to the House of Stewart. The family was of Celtic stock originating in the Strathclyde area. He was educated at home initially by his mother whose maiden name was Crauford. His home was near Paisley southwest of Glasgow. It is logical to assume that, as the younger son, William was trained for the priesthood under his uncle who was a clergyman from Dunipace. Wallace could read and write his own language, as well as Latin and French. Though a Lowlander, he knew Gaelic. His uncle instilled in Wallace a love of liberty incorporated in this saying:"Freedom is best, I tell thee true, Of all things to be won, Then never live within the bonds of slavery, my son." Being a knight and Lowlander, Gaelic was not Wallace’s first language, as it was for the highlanders.The "Scotchronicon" describes Wallace as “pleasing in appearance, but with a wild look … a tall man with the body of a giant, broad-shouldered and big-boned …six feet seven inches tall.†His claymore, which is displayed in the National Wallace Monument at Sterling, is five feet long and weighs about six pounds. Wallace had to have been a large man to wield such a huge weapon. His seal on a letter to the Burgers of Lubeck (Germany) indicates that he was also an accomplished archer.Initially Wallace led a band of guerilla fighters--common folk who were beginning to see the idea of a Scottish nation. When the army of Edward I ‘Longshanks,’ invaded Scotland to put down rebellion, Wallace joined forces with Andrew Moray from the North. Their combined armies defeated a much larger English army at Stirling by making use of favorable terrain and taking advantage of English impatience and arrogance. Sir William was then knighted and made Guardian of Scotland. The following year Longshanks forced Wallace into battle on unfavorable terrain at Falkirk, not far from Stirling, where he was overwhelmingly defeated. Subsequently, Sir William resigned as Guardian but continued to wage a guerilla war. During this time, he traveled to the Continent trying to muster support for Scotland.Sir William Wallace was eventually betrayed and captured at Robroyston near Glasgow on the 3rd of August 1305. He was taken southward where he arrived at London on the 22nd of August. The following morning, he was taken to Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the Houses of Parliament, where his sham trial took place. Sir William was allowed no defense, but he managed to shout above his accusers that he was, " A Scot, born in Scotland†and did “not recognize England as his sovereign nation." He was tied to the tails of horses, dragged through the streets of London for 6 miles, eventually arriving at Smithfield Elms. There he was hung, then cut down while still alive. His stomach was opened and his entrails pulled out and burnt before him. His heart was then ripped out, ending his life. His body was cut into pieces; his head stuck on a spike on old London Bridge. The other parts of his body were sent North to dishonor the Scots. Longshanks thought by giving him such an ignoble death that the Scots would forget Wallace. There were also religious connotations; Wallace would have no body to rise on Judgment Day and so be damned forever.But Sir William Wallace needs no tomb. His memory lives on in the heart and souls of Scots everywhere, each generation recognizing his devotion to his native soil. He will be remembered and honored by all Scotsmen and Scotswomen until the end of time.
Music:
Country, Southern Rock, Blue Grass, Celtic,(celticradio.net)Got Kilt
Movies:
I would rather rent them but, the one I owne and is my favorite is "Braveheart" Braveheart
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Homeland Security Spokesman!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wh9s0j6FRI
Television:
I got six of them! Tartan Army - Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomand
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Books:
There is one in every hotel room. Mine is "The Book of Common Prayer" "Psalms 119:45 {I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts} Romans 10:13 {For, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."}
Heroes:
William Wallace "Braveheart" (Pro Libertate) Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our FREEDOM!!!
