NATIONAL WINSTON CHURCHILL DAY
The day Winston Churchill was made an honorary citizen of the United States is celebrated each year on April 9.
On this very day in 1963, A ceremony for honorary citizenship, presided over by President John F. Kennedy, took place for Winston Churchill. Churchill was not present at the ceremony but his son and grandson were able to attend.
FOLLOWING ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY THINGS ABOUT WINSTON CHURCHILL:
- Born in 1874
- Admired British Politician
- Elected into the British Parliament in 1900
- First Lord of the Admiralty
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Secretary of State for War and Air
- 1953 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature
- Soldier, Legislator, Historian
- Writer, Artist, Orator
- Good Relationship with Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Died 1965