![]() Roosevelt prepared for the visit by setting aside a second floor sitting room-walls festooned with maps-for his guest. ![]() The bust remains in the White House to this day, symbolizing his enduring friendship for the United States as well as his enduring legacy to the executive mansion.Ĭhurchill first visited the White House in December 1941, a few weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States had brought the two countries-long friends-into open alliance. ![]() Gazing on his image, Johnson remarked that Churchill certainly would have been “a resident of this house” if he had been born in the United States. Churchill had died in January, less than two years after being named an honorary American citizen by late President John F. On October 6, 1965, a group of Winston Churchill’s American friends presented a bust of the British premier to President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Ladybird Johnson for display in the White House. White House Historical Association 1610 H Street NW Washington DC 20006 U.S.A. Jon Meacham: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. ![]()
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