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A London game is more than just a typical road trip for NFL teams<\/h2>\n
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They\u2019ll toil and sweat but hopefully without the blood and tears.<\/p>\n

A London game is more than just a typical road trip for NFL teams. It\u2019s a chance to learn about local history, too.<\/p>\n

In fact, the\u00a0New England Patriots\u00a0and\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars\u00a0\u2014 who play Sunday at Wembley Stadium \u2014 don\u2019t even need to leave their practice facilities to do so.<\/p>\n

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The Patriots trained Friday at the exclusive Harrow School, whose most famous alumni is\u00a0Winston Churchill. Farther out in the countryside, the Jaguars have been using a practice field that is nearly on top of a maze of World War II air raid shelters.<\/p>\n

Harrow consists of 324 acres on a hill overlooking London where Churchill spent his high school years before entering politics and leading Britain through World War II as prime minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf any of the Pats players take a break from practice, they should walk around and see the school grounds because they\u2019re quite grand,” said Lee Pollock, a director and senior adviser to the board of the International Churchill Society.<\/p>\n

A highlight is the Speech Room, where young Churchill recited 1,200 lines from the poem \u201cLays of Ancient Rome\u201d from memory and won a prize for the feat.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt Harrow, he learned what he called the most noble thing in the world: the construction of a sentence in the English language,\u201d Pollock said.<\/p>\n

Patriots coach Jerod Mayo noted another big character \u2014 a fictional one \u2014 from Harrow’s more recent history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m definitely a big history guy and I would also say I just learned that there was a Harry Potter scene shot here as well, which I thought was pretty interesting,\u201d Mayo said.<\/p>\n

Deatrich Wise Jr., a defensive end, said he already knew Churchill was an alum because \u201csomeone said it on the way in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pockets of American politicians have long admired and quoted the cigar-chomping Churchill, and that’s spilled over into sports too. San Diego Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh is a big fan. Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker cited Churchill in a social media post about courage, though he’s not the first to misattribute a quote to him.<\/p>\n

New York Jets owner\u00a0Woody Johnson\u00a0had a large Churchill portrait in his office at the U.S. embassy when he was ambassador to the United Kingdom under then-President Donald Trump. Outside of his wartime leadership, Churchill\u2019s legacy is more complex.<\/p>\n

The Jags are close to history, too. To avoid German bombing in WWII, the Midland & Scottish Railway bought the Grove estate in Watford and moved its headquarters there. It was called \u201cProject X.\u201d<\/p>\n

Air raid shelters were built and are still intact \u2014 explorers have posted videos online even though the entrances appear to be at least partially blocked. At one point they were being used as \u201cbat roosts,\u201d according to historical records. The Grove luxury hotel where the Jags now regularly stay opened in 2003.<\/p>\n

Several entrances to the shelters are visible in the woods next to the Jags’ practice field.<\/p>\n

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence, speaking generally about the team’s annual London trip, says he’s always up for learning more about the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do enjoy history and learning about things,” he said on Wednesday. “I don\u2019t know a ton about the area, to be honest. Usually when we\u2019re here it\u2019s pretty busy and we\u2019re kind of focused on the game and trying to win that, but I am intrigued and I think it\u2019s cool just everything here at the Grove but also just in London \u2014 it\u2019s so much older than in America.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe history behind it,\u201d Lawrence continued, “you pick up bits as you go … it is interesting hearing different things about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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