Si monumentum requiris, circumspice-is the apt epitaph of England's great Christopher Wren in St. Paul's Cathedral, his architectural monument. The monument is not Wren's alone: within the high-domed, Italianate majesty of St. Paul's on London's Ludgate Hill lie British immortals Nelson, Wellington and Jellicoe. Transepts and chapels bulge with toga-ed statues to admirals of the fleet, generals of the line, with monuments to famous victories.
Since 1941 G.l.s have rubbernecked through St. Paul's. They know it well. Last week Britons, from crossing-sweepers and barmaids to K.C.s, dug down for pence, shillings and sometimes pounds to commemorate many of these same G.l.s. St....
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