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2023.055.3.0255Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is an aerial view of a cemetery and a small town. Above the image "T290 (Star)" is printed, below the image "2660T Outlook Northeast from Castle, Scene of Heroic Stuggles, to the Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
2660
NORTHEAST FROM STIRLING CASTLE, TO WALLACE MONUMENT
We are facing towards Perth, some thirty miles away, over beyond that range of hills. Edinburgh is thirty-five miles distant, off at our right. Six hundred eyars ago, this bit of green country was the scene of one of the most famous conflicts in Scottish history. Robert Bruce and loyal Scots were struggling to set the lad free from English domination. William Wallace was the leader of the Scottish troops. At that time the chief path across the river Forth was at a bridge outside Stirling town, between here and that wooded hill. One September night Wallace gathered his men on the hill and the next day, when the English attempted to cross the river, the Scottish spearmen suddenly fell upon them and nearly annihilated King Edward's army. Many of the English were slain with spears, many were drowned in teh Forth; the unhappy remainder were utterly put to rout. The tall tower we see now on the crest of the hill commemorates Wallace's victory.
Wallace is the popular hero of Scotland. he was born about 1270; outlawed as a youth for slaying an Englishman who insulted him; later led the army against Englan whom he defeated in this Battle of Stirling in 1297; aftwerwards defeared by another English army; captured, sent to London, tried, sentenced and put to death in 1305.
Behind us, a couple of miles away at the south, is the battlefield of Bannockburn - the "Marathon of the North." It is one of the most sacred and inspiring spots in all Scotland. the celebrated lines of Burns, "Bruce's Address at Bannockburn," are supposed to recall the earlier struggle and victory here at Stirling.
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