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Which London statue stands on American soil?

George Washington never visited the UK, and once publicly declared that he would never set foot in London. When the Americans presented London with a statue of Washington in 1924, this wish did not go unnoticed. Together with the monument, a piece of soil was brought from the United States, which was placed under the pedestal of the statue in Trafalgar Square.

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