Greatest American friend (FDR/Churchill)

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#1694

Author: tony
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:34

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Winston Churchill gave an impassioned speech to the
House of Commons on April 17, 1945.

"I beg to move:

'That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty to
convey His Majesty the deep sorrow with which this 
House has learned of the death of the President of 
the United Stats of America, and to pray His Majesty
that in communicating his own sentiments of grief
to the United States Government, he will also be generously
pleased to express on the part of this House their sense
of loss which the British Commonwealth and Empire and
the cause of the Allied nations have sustained, and their
profound sympathy with Mrs Roosevelt and the late
President's family, and with the Government and people
of the United States of America.'"

...

Churchill then narrates the story of that friendship.

He ends thus :

"For us, it remains only to say that in Franklin
Roosevelt there died the greatest American friend we have
ever known, and the greatest champion of freedom who has
ever brought help and comfort from the new world to the old."

Here's some questions that I'm trying to mull over :

* was there ever a president after FDR who was as great an
  "american friend" ?

* what was the legacy of this friendship ?

* was there ever such a meeting-of-minds between a british
  prime minister and an american president ?

* how was churchill, the charismatic english warleader,
  generally perceived by the american people, and how was
  he reported in the press ?

- tony

Re: Greatest American friend (FDR/Churchill)

#1695

Author: coleby
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:00

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The story goes that Mrs T and Reagan were also on best terms - probably
equal to that of WC and FDR.

"tony" <use@reply.2.invalid> wrote in message
news:22Vv5.5445$SN6.157445@news4.giganews.com...
> Winston Churchill gave an impassioned speech to the
> House of Commons on April 17, 1945.
>
> "I beg to move:
>
> 'That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty to
> convey His Majesty the deep sorrow with which this
> House has learned of the death of the President of
> the United Stats of America, and to pray His Majesty
> that in communicating his own sentiments of grief
> to the United States Government, he will also be generously
> pleased to express on the part of this House their sense
> of loss which the British Commonwealth and Empire and
> the cause of the Allied nations have sustained, and their
> profound sympathy with Mrs Roosevelt and the late
> President's family, and with the Government and people
> of the United States of America.'"
>
> ...
>
> Churchill then narrates the story of that friendship.
>
> He ends thus :
>
> "For us, it remains only to say that in Franklin
> Roosevelt there died the greatest American friend we have
> ever known, and the greatest champion of freedom who has
> ever brought help and comfort from the new world to the old."
>
> Here's some questions that I'm trying to mull over :
>
> * was there ever a president after FDR who was as great an
>   "american friend" ?
>
> * what was the legacy of this friendship ?
>
> * was there ever such a meeting-of-minds between a british
>   prime minister and an american president ?
>
> * how was churchill, the charismatic english warleader,
>   generally perceived by the american people, and how was
>   he reported in the press ?
>
> - tony
>

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