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New Monument Unveiled at Houses of Parliament

August 30, 2007 at 11:33 am · Filed under england, international travel, tourism, travel

By Linda Tancs

Outside the Houses of Parliament is a new monument, one honoring anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela.  To paraphrase a quote attributed to him, Mandela once declared that when the U.K. is having elections, they don’t ask for observers from Africa.  It seems only fitting then that his statue now looms opposite the electoral body.

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