Having seen a copy of Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral I spent two blissful and sunny days in the Runnymede national trust park, learning more about the importance of the document.
It was at Runnymede in 1215 the English Barons forced King John to sign the Magna Carta. This document limited the monarch’s powers and gave legal rights to all, thus the first English constitution was written.
In recognition of the Magna Carta’s importance as a basis for the American of Independence, the American Bar Association built the Magna Carta Memorial in 1957 and later John F. Kennedy Memorial placed nearby on an acre of land to USA in the memory of the President’s work on Civil Rights.
Magna Carta marked the beginning of what are now called Human Rights.
