Rochester Dickens Festival & The Battle of the Medway

Good afternoon all my friends I just thought that I would post reminder for you,its a great day out this weekend
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Battle of Medway 2017

Rochester Dickens Festival

 

Good morning @HarryS that's a very pertinent Question

This is the answer from the local Sir Geoffrey Adams British Ambassador to the Netherlands

"By remembering our history we keep our friendship alive.


This is an answer by the local Council
So why did we celebrate this defeat? The events that happened on the River Medway 350 years ago led to the rebuilding of the British Fleet, which then went on to capture command of the world’s oceans, leading to the economic prosperity that we as a country still benefit from today.. It also signifies a strength of the current friendship of our Anglo Dutch relations.

This is an answer from local MP
So, why do we want to remind ourselves and, better yet, celebrate this awful defeat?
Because it led to the beginnings of English, and later on a unified, British rule dominating a quarter of the world.

This is an answer from Local BBC Correspondent
"Personally, I'd say it's important celebrate it in this country as an antidote to triumphalism - the idea that English, and then British, history has been a largely unbroken succession of victories.

 

Well,we might have lost the battle but at least we didn't throw our Troy out of the Cot.