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December 30, 2011
Seventy years ago today, Churchill addressed the Canadian Parliament and delivered his famous Some Chicken! Some Neck! speech. It was shortly after the
bombing of Pearl Harbour and only four days after Churchill’s speech to the American Congress in Washington; in the Ottawa speech, he declared his view of Canada as the “linchpin of the
English-speaking world”
It was a momentous occasion, one that displayed Churchill’s character, commitment, political sensitivity, skill with words, timing, and seriousness punctuated with delightful humour. Indeed, unsure
though he was about his ability to “lay another egg” (in the language of the day) so soon after the address to Congress, he succeeded brilliantly.
Read more:
» Ottawa Citizen, by Chris Cobb:
Winston Churchill 70 years ago: ‘Some Chicken! Some
Neck!’
» Read the full transcript of Churchill's speech to Parliament.
» Hear Churchill's famous Some Chicken! Some Neck! speech at CBC Radio.
» Watch a filmed excerpt of the Some Chicken! Some Neck! speech at British Pathé.
December 30, 2011
This is also the 70th anniversary of Yousuf Karsh's famous portrait of Churchill. Karsh left his studios at the Château Laurier and photographed Churchill in the Speaker's Chambers at the House of Commons.
Karsh maintained that this is the portrait that changed his life as it became one of the mostly widely reproduced portraits in photographic history. Karsh said to Churchill as he entered the Speaker's Chambers at Parliament, “Sir, I hope I will be fortunate enough to make a portrait worthy of this historic occasion."
» Learn more about Karsh and this portrait.
» Watch an interview with Karsh about this portrait.
December 26, 2011
Seventy years ago today, Churchill addressed the American Congress.
The first British Prime Minister to address the Congress, Churchill gave a rallying speech full of his characteristic “bubbling humour” and “biting denunciations” to American leaders
still shocked by the attack on Pearl Harbor. In the Washington speech, he declared: “We can beat the life out of the savage Nazi.”
» Read the full transcript of Churchill's address to Congress.
November 30, 2011
The Sir Winston Churchill Society of Ottawa held its inaugural meeting at Earnscliffe (the home of Canada's first Prime Minister and the Residence of British High Commissioners to Canada since
1930).
» Ottawa Citizen, by Chris Cobb:
New Society to Honour Winston Churchill
» See what Allen Packwood had to say about the event.
Mr Packwood is Director, Churchill Archives Centre at Cambridge University.
November 30, 2011
Alan Neal interviewed Ron Cohen, SWCSO President, for CBC Radio One’s All in a Day. They discussed, among other things, the relevance of
Churchill today and the inauguration of the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Ottawa.
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