Damato (DDE 871) - Naval Cruise Book

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(}nm • 99 Shakespeare said of Cleopatra that age could not wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety; the same might well be said of the city of London. The city is the original London. It is older than history, it is born afresh with each succeeding day and its moods are infinite. There are two ways of seeing the city; to see it on Sunday, when the sabbatical rest has imparted to its streets the appear- ance and quiet of a deserted city; or to see it on a weekday when the insistance of Modern Civilization ' s manifold purposes has turned the city into seeming pandemonium. We have tried to capture a few of her beauties, the serene and the lighter sides in our swift tour of this community whose every thread is closely woven into the fabric of the history of trie world. On this page is presented two of the tourist ' s delights — the changing of the guard at Buckingham and the changing of the Horse Guard in Whitehall — both ceremonies steeped in the tradition for which Britain and Britains are world renowned. Joe O ' Toole our staff photographer is your guide as we visit some of the high spots and some of the nite spots in our next few pages.

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BUCKINGHAM ENTRANCE TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY