Winston Churchill at the Raleigh Tavern
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Great Britain. Prime Minister (1940-1945: Churchill)
Prime ministers - Great Britain
Visitors, Foreign - Great Britain
Raleigh Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Sir Winston Churchill's first visit to Colonial Williamsburg occurred after World War II and he was accompanied on his 1946 tour by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. After touring the College of William and Mary's historic Wren building, the group proceeded to a tea at the Raleigh Tavern. In this image, Churchill can be seen enjoying a clay pipe and a glass of cider.
Dementi, Frank
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1951-1837
Sir Winston Churchill and General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Raleigh Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 17. Building 6A.
Heads of State - United Kingdom
Prime Ministers - United Kingdom
Visitors, Foreign
Generals - United States
During his 1946 tour of the United States with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sir Winston Churchill made plans to visit Colonial Williamsburg, now twelve years old after the opening of its Historic Area. Mr. Churchill and General Eisenhower arrived by a special train on Friday, March 8, 1946. Their party enjoyed a tour of the Historic Area, followed by a visit to the Wren Building at the College of William and Mary. During their carriage ride, the horses were frightened and the tour continued by car. General Eisenhower recalled how “Sir Winston didn’t pay any attention [to the frightened horses], he just lit his cigar.”
After the tour, Mr. Churchill and General Eisenhower were invited to tea at Raleigh Tavern by Mr. Kenneth Chorley, President of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where this photograph was taken. They proceeded to dinner at the Williamsburg Inn. Sir Winston Churchill graced Colonial Williamsburg with an eloquent speech at dinner, concluding with a generous wish: “Long may Colonial Williamsburg flourish! Firm may be the links which it may forge with our past, and may those links of distant by-gone days be reinforced by new links and new bonds which will reach across the ocean and join our two peoples together.”
Dementi, Frank A.
Larson, Chiles
1946-03-08
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