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I pass this monument everyday on my way to work. It commemorates John Hampden, one of the 5 members of parliament whose unconstitutional arrest sparked the English Civil War. He was mortally wounded near this spot when his pistol exploded, shattering his hand, at the battle of Chalgrove (where I grew up).
The towns of Hampden in Maine and Maryland, amongst others, are named after him.
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