Wales forever!
St David's - This page is about the city. For the patron saint of Wales, see Saint David.
St David's (Welsh: Tyddewi) is the smallest city in the United Kingdom, with a population of under 2,000 people. Day is celebrated by Welsh people the world over. Last year President Bush sent a message of goodwill, highlighting Wales's 'innumerable contributions to America's history'. Eleven US presidents came of Welsh ancestry, he continued, and so did 16 of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence. 'American education owes a debt to the Welsh founders of Harvard and Yale Universities; American arts to Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. (March 30,1890, Oak Park, Illinois – May 31, 1978, Santa Monica, California), commonly known as Lloyd Wright, was an American architect who did most of his work in Southern California. , Sinclair Lewis and WD Griffith.' A stone on the stairway to the Washington Monument Washington Monument, obelisk-shaped tower, 555 ft 5 1-9 in. (169.3 m) high, located on a 106-acre (43-hectare) site at the west end of the Mall, Washington, D.C.; dedicated 1885. is inscribed in·scribe
tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes
1.
a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface.
b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. , 'Cymru am byth!--Wales Forever!'
PAUL WILLIAMS IN WALES
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