Solstice White Horse Hill Download

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Sharonda Harbough

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Dec 4, 2023, 6:06:37 AM12/4/23

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No one really knows when the Ancient Order of Druids began holding summer solstice ceremonials at Stonehenge, but at the beginning of the 20th century the Order, which boasted Winston Churchill as a member, was becoming increasingly popular. The ceremony was always a lively festival which attracted a large crowd of spectators. In the 1960s, the Summer Solstice Festival at Stonehenge had become popular with young people and hippies. The authorities feared for the conservation of the monument and when the English Heritage was granted control of Stonehenge in 1984, it promptly banned the Druids and festival-goers, invoking fierce battles with the police at the summer solstice each year.