Letter: President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Sir Winston Churchill, March 22, 1955, Churchill and the Great Republic (A Library of Congress Interactive Exhibition, Text Version)

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INTRODUCTION

TIMELINE

THEMES

	Forebears and Family

	Warrior for Empire

	Visits to America

	American Presidents

	The Communicator

	The Politician

	World War II

	Cold Warrior

	The Long Sunset

OBJECTS

Image: President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Sir Winston Churchill, March 22, 1955

President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Sir Winston Churchill, March 22, 1955
Churchill's resignation of the premiership and his accompanying withdrawal from public life sparked this letter of reminiscence from President Eisenhower. The two old soldiers had been comrades-in-arms since 1941.

Object Details:
Typescript letter. Churchill Papers, Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, U.K. (290)

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American Presidents
The Long Sunset

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