Memorial to those executed at the tower of London

[shaggydoo98]

Why is he in a dress?

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

Who the hell "still grieves today" for these executed people. Sure it is very sad, indeed horrific but I don't think people today are grieving over them.

I was in the Tower of London last week; all okay but when you visit the chapel where Anne Boleyn; her brother; Lady Jane Grey; her husband; and her father all lay fills you with sheer horror of the Mad Tudors!

[piperbob2]

Couldn't we add a few more to the list - politicians, for instance?!

[UnshackledWoman]

beautiful memorial. and the service as well. very good of them to build one.

[UpTheIronsForever07]

what does the memorial say?

[geminipr1989sikh]

May they forever rest in peace!

[CharityBarbossa]

This is so touching..

Maybe they rest in peace.

I visited the tower last year and Tower Hill memorial and hope to visit it again next year.

Very fascinating place but a gruelsome history.

Thank you for posting this.

[englishRaleigh]

why are they having a memorial for people who were executed, like traitors...do they deserve to have a memorial

[luckycharm6139]

Some may have indeed been traitors but most were innocents whom the King wished out of the way for his own personal reason which do not justify them.

[scorpianofthesun]

Anne Boleyn, for example, was innocent of all the charges pressed against her. I think she deserves to have a memorial.

[VampireZombieX]

This video makes me happy that I didn't live in the Middle Ages when the Tower was a horrible place of terror.

[VeneratioDiaboli]

Usually executions took place on Tower hill, outside the Tower. Or so the Beefeaters say.

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

Sorry to spoil your enjoyment but the actual spot of execution is not correct. During Queen Victoria's reign she decided to place a memorial for those beheaded. BUT nobody knew where it was so they opted for a spot on the green!

[XxCrazygal2007xX]

yeah i saw a video about that, they believe that that it was somewhere past the grass to the right of the memorial or something like that

[LadyPerseverance]

I also agree, this is not the exact spot of the many beheadings,etc. I know this from watching a video about Anne Boleyn. The scaffold for her and many others was further away from where they decided to say the "exact" spot of the scaffold was. I don't believe we will ever know exactly where so much blood was shed.

[DuttyGyal718]

yes. i heard that hanne. B. Body was carried 70 yards to the chapel next door.

[datheman3780]

I liked the father's last sentence.

[Innovating]

He can sure play those Bagpipes!