Fdr and british Prime Minister Winston Churchill worshiped together that day in George Washingtons hometown church. American history tv visited christchurch in alexandria, virginia to hear the story. Hi. Im john lawson. Im the former senior warden here at Christ Church in alexandria, virginia. With me is the rector, the reverend noelle york simmons. The story that i will describe today to me is really a lesson in leadership from from perhaps the greatest leaders in the 20th century, president franklin d. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. These are leaders that were willing to commit their country to a long bloody conflict in the name of freedom, to support the freedom and independence of their own homelands but to support freedom and democracy for other people around the world. They combined that with a deep humility. They believed that our countries had to be worthy spiritually and morally of the victory they were asking god to grant us. So on january 1st, 1942, our pres
You about winston. Its been a lovely day and a half. Were more than experts on the family life of Winston Churchill. And it was very exciting yesterday to hear Lady Williams talking about what it was like to be a secretary at chart well. And part of the project were doing we plan to open the secretary room in 2020. So if you want to hear more about that, theres something in your pack act the project. In terms of churchill and island. I was thinking what we had in the collection. About that. We have a gift from london. Of a replica of one of my favorite items in the house. In the library. I was really interested yesterday to start to hear a little bit about churchills relationship with attlee. Well hear more about that now. So we have another family of writers like the churchills here. We have the bews with us this morning. We have lord bew. Professor of politics at Queen University in belfast. And we have john. Who is professor of i have that wrong. So lord bew is the politics expert.
Talking about what it was like to be a secretary at chart well. And part of the project were doing we plan to open the secretary room in 2020. So if you want to hear more about that, theres something in your pack act the project. In terms of churchill and island. I was thinking what we had in the collection. About that. We have a gift from london. Of a replica of one of my favorite items in the house. In the library. I was really interested yesterday to start to hear a little bit about churchills relationship with attlee. Well hear more about that now. So we have another family of writers like the churchills here. We have the bews with us this morning. We have lord bew. Professor of politics at Queen University in belfast. And we have john. Who is professor of i have that wrong. So lord bew is the politics expert. And john is the history professor and Foreign Affairs and Award Winning historian. Theyll give us an excellent take this morning. Starting off with john. Can we have a big wa
Tell you about wednesday night. There will be more American History tv in primetime with a focus on the legacy of the nations 35th president , john f. Kennedy. That begins at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. President franklin d. Roosevelt proclaimed a national day of prayer for january 1st, 1942 following the japanese attack on pearl harbor. Fdr and british Prime Minister Winston Churchill worshiped together that day in George Washingtons hometown church. American history tv visited christchurch in alexandria, virginia to hear the story. Hi. Im john lawson. Im the former senior warden here at Christ Church in alexandria, virginia. With me is the rector, the reverend noelle york simmons. The story that i will describe today to me is really a lesson in leadership from from perhaps the greatest leaders in the 20th century, president franklin d. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. These are leaders that were willing to commit their country to a long bloody conflict in the name of freedom,
Youre an easy crowd. On behalf of the board and the whole march for life team i would like to welcome you to the 45th annual march for life. [ cheers and applause ] you are part of the largest annual human rights demonstration in the world. We will begin just as we should. I will welcome to the stage to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. He is from the knights of columbus of Catholic University of america. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. Now im absolutely delighted to introduce you to mckenna donahue, a ninth Grade Student who travelled from buzzards bay, massachusetts. She going to lead us in the national anthem. O say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched