Letters to America

Monday, January 19th, 1942

  1. Robert E. Lee was overall commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). So not at all one of the really great men.
  2. Winston Churchill visited the USA soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 led to America joining the war. He had several meetings with President Roosevelt and addressed Congress, returning to London via Bermuda on January 14th, 1942.
  3. People sometimes say 'cheerio' as a way of saying goodbye, especially in British English.