Britannia and the British Empire what Marianne is to France or perhaps what Columbia is to the United States. Britannia became a very potent and more common figure in times of war, and represented British liberties and democracy. During the 1990s the term "Cool Britannia" (drawn from a humorous version by the Bonzo Dog Band of the song "Rule Britannia", with words by James Thomson [1700–1748], which is often used as an unofficial national anthem), was used to describe the contemporary United Kingdom. The phrase referred to the fashionable scenes of the era, with a new generation of pop groups and
Our Lady of the Hour Church summer of 2014, Christians in the Nineveh Plain fell into the hands of the Islamic State. Most of the forty-five churches had were destroyed, converted into mosques or prisons. April 24, 2016, what remained of the Latin Church was destroyed by terrorists. Apparently they looted antiquities and works of art before they destroy the tower with explosives. According to Fides, it is not excluded that the church was devastated because of its links with France. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/26/mosul-struggles-recover-ruins-iraq-isis#img-5 Our Lady of the Hour Church The Our Lady of the Hour Church ("Église Notre-Dame de l'Heure" ) also known as the name of