tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post6091686281113072146..comments2024-03-28T23:00:10.654-07:00Comments on Heirlooms Reunited: Letter of Capt Broke of HMS Shannon regarding capture of the US frigate ChesapeakePam Beveridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-53758497456203765142014-11-18T05:27:59.263-08:002014-11-18T05:27:59.263-08:00Thanks for this fun link. I saw Pearson and Johns...Thanks for this fun link. I saw Pearson and Johnson together at the opening of Roosevelt Campobello International Park. Smiles all around, at least for the crowd. Hard to believe it's been 50 years.Pam Beveridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-89843811940873074982014-11-17T19:02:30.830-08:002014-11-17T19:02:30.830-08:00From:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/11/17/ive-...From:<br />http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/11/17/ive-been-called-worse-things-by-better-people-a-history-of-canadian-pms-not-so-diplomatic-one-liners/<br /><br />Although it rarely erupted into public animosity, John Diefenbaker had a long-standing mutual disdain for U.S. President John F. Kennedy, which was heightened by Canada’s hesitation in supporting the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Mr. Kennedy irritated Mr. Diefenbaker by repeatedly mispronouncing his name in a Boston drawl, and later made light of it by calling him “Mr. Studebaker.” In turn, when Mr. Diefenbaker saw the Oval Office paintings of American naval victories in the War of 1812, he had the National Library ask British galleries for a painting of the capture of the U.S. frigate Chesapeake. “Oh, we must teach him [Kennedy] some history,” he quipped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com