Site of the Day for Monday, April 20, 2003 The Tower of London Enjoy a virtual exploration of the famous Tower of London from this interesting website. Gentle Members with either a lot of patience or a speedy broadband connection will discover a wealth of legends and traditions associated with this well-known historical location. "Welcome to our Tower of London website, created in association with the Yeoman Warders of the Tower. We hope that this site will help to capture some of the magic and excitement that you get when visiting the Tower in person. We have tried to bring you as much information as possible about the tower and show you some of the areas that are not accessible when you visit in person." - from the website The site offers an historical overview of the Tower, explanations of various traditions such as the Ceremony of the Keys, information on the Yeoman Warders, the Tower's famous ravens, ghost stories and the crown jewels and naturally, the prisoners of the Tower, including those who escaped. Appropriate period music accompanies many of the site's pages. Gentle Members may enjoy the amusing "Shoot for Your Life" game wherein the List lost its head to the Tower's executioner. March to the website for a fascinating tour of the Tower of London at: http://www.tower-of-london.com/ A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.