There's some corner of a foreign field that is forever America

Happy 4 July, fellow freedom-lovers

There is a patch of London’s commuter belt that is forever America, testimony to the great shared inheritance of England and the United States. This tiny bit of US territory is located at Runnymede, where in 1215 King John was forced into a peace treaty with his leading barons, an event that would have a profound impact on world history. It came about o…