Category World War II in Washington

On the 75th Anniversary of the Washington Visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

June 5, 2014 · by · in British Ambassador's Residence Washington, British Embassy Gardens, British Embassy Washington, Eleanor Belmont, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt, Isabella Greenway, Lady Lindsay, Lord Halifax, Ronald Lindsay, Royal Garden Party, Royal Visit 1939, Royal Visit to Washington, World War II in Washington · Leave a comment

In Canada, the 75th anniversary of the Royal visit to North America is being honored this year with special commemorative coins and whiskey. In the United States, there has been little historical account of the jammed-packed two days in the District of Columbia and northern Virginia during the inaugural trip to North America of the […]

The Second World War as Seen in the Embassy Landscape

March 12, 2014 · by · in Beatrix Farrand, British Ambassador's Residence Washington, British Embassy Gardens, British Embassy Washington, Dumbarton Oaks, Dumbarton Oaks Park, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Lindsay, Lord Halifax, Lord Lothian, Marquess of Lothian, Massachusetts Avenue, Mildred Barnes Bliss, Robert Woods Bliss, Royal Garden Party, Sir Edwin Lutyens, World War II in Washington · Leave a comment

The transformation of Washington during the Second World War can be seen in structural changes at the British Embassy. Quickly assembled wartime additions to the Lutyens Chancery were erected in 1940. When those proved inadequate for the burgeoning staff’s needs, property was leased throughout the city and land bordering the Embassy’s service road and Observatory […]