Word: cenotaphs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...took a tactful explanation from the British embassy to convince Premier Kishi that during his tour he should not attempt to lay a wreath at London's Cenotaph, the memorial to Britain's war dead. Unable to understand why the world is not willing to let bygones be bygones, the Japanese complain that they are not treated as equals, like the Germans, whose war guilt, they argue, was at least as great as their...
Lady Emily (Emy to her family) was a bright-eyed matron married to a distinguished architect (designer of New Delhi, London's Cenotaph and Liverpool Cathedral). She belonged to a famed English family: grandfather was Statesman-Novelist Bulwer-Lytton (Harold, Last of the Saxon Kings, Rienzi, The Last Days of Pompeii), and her father, first Earl of Lytton, was Viceroy of India (1876-80). There came a day in 1910 when Emy, then 36, no longer knew what to do with herself. Every male reader with an underemployed female relative will feel his heart sink at the news that...
Overwhelming Welcome. "Good on you, Liz and Philip," cried Australians, as they shoved the cops aside to get a glimpse at the Queen. Elizabeth shook hands with 72 dignitaries, then drove through ten miles of deafening cheers to put a wreath on the Cenotaph and attend a luncheon. She found the Sydney summer sunshine (over 80°) "rather warm," and to prove it, said the governor of New South Wales, "lifted her pearls to show me the contrast underneath where the suntan missed." Her Majesty also remarked that the warmth of her welcome had been "almost overwhelming...
...warmly friendly reception. In Confederation Square, 50,000 Canadians started a polite, gloved pitter-patter of applause, with an occasional, highly proper cry of "hey, hey" (cheering is considered improper in austere Ottawa). After he placed a wreath of red carnations and white chrysanthemums on the Cenotaph, Canada's war memorial, Ike joined Mamie and the Governor General in an open Cadillac, tucked a lap robe around their knees and rode off through the city to Rideau Hall, the Governor General's official residence...