Posted on 08/04/2012 4:36:27 PM PDT by Dysart
Americans love Sir Winston Churchill. That much has been obvious since even before 1963, when President Kennedy gave him the only honorary US citizenship ever awarded to a living person. Yet, in the half-century since then, that admiration and affection hasn’t abated; he is one of the only non‑Americans to have a US warship named after him, and as many books are published about him in America as in Britain. Indeed, the only bookshop in the world dedicated solely to selling his books, articles and memorabilia is the splendid Chartwell Books on Madison Avenue and 52nd Street in Manhattan. As Churchill’s mother, Jennie Jerome, was born in Brooklyn, Americans understandably regard Churchill’s extraordinary life as an almost semi-detached telling of their own national story.
So when the prestigious Morgan Library and Museum in New York decided to stage an exhibition entitled Churchill: The Power of Words, which would include the cream of the America-related items in the Churchill Archives at Churchill College, Cambridge, they knew that it would be popular.
What has astounded them – and me, despite my being a special curator of the exhibition – is quite what a stir has been created in Midtown. The crowds have exceeded all expectations, with record numbers visiting the exhibition, even in the normally quiet summer months. More than 30,000 people in the first six weeks – at least 50 per cent higher than the library’s initial expectations.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Bump for later.
As I recall, his mother, Jenny Jerome, was an American citizen. By today’s standards he could be a Presidential candidate. Am I wrong?
Lady Astor to Churchill: “Sir, were you my husband I’d serve you a cup of poisoned tea every morning’’. Churchill to Lady Astor: “Madam, were I your husband I’d drink it by the gallon’’.
No, but he could vote Democrat.
Thanks for the photos.
Good stuff, Bendy!!!
Well, all I can say is if you are really, really very, very rich... 
and understand my headaches and time of the month can take years and years to go away, I can make an exception--
After all, nobody's... 
perfect!
Just got to listening to Churchill's moving speech in full. Thanks for your link.
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