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...Yorktown World Forum was formed to perpetuate the Yorktown battlefield where Lord Cornwallis surrendered. British Ambassador Sir Esmé Howard, speaking recently, referred to a visit to the battlefield: "I felt that all bitterness, thank God, was past between us. I felt that just as our heritage of poets and sailors, of philosophers, lawgivers and statesmen belongs to you, so the greatness of your people is a greatness of which I, as an Englishman, have a right to be proud...
...Joyce Broderick, counselor of the British Embassy (representing absent Ambassador Sir Esmé Howard), who received a stirring ovation from the congress, told the delegates that "the difficulties which naturally present themselves to the accomplishment of all you desire will be very quickly overcome, insofar as the British Government can accomplish that...
...Esmé Howard, British Ambassador to the U. S., journeyed to England on the Aquitania, accompanied by his sons Henry and Edmond...
...Swampscott, Mass., is expecting a lively summer once the President arrives there late in June: for the Mayflower will anchor at Marblehead, the Italian Ambassador will be situated at Beverly Farms, the German Ambassador at Magnolia, the Siamese legation at Bass Rocks and members of the British Embassy (Sir Esmé Howard will be abroad) at Manchester...
...Esmé arrived, quickly traversed the town in his gaudy limousine, stood before the 4,000. To them he read a letter from President Coolidge to President Clark, welcoming the exhibition as an endeavor "to bring about among English-speaking peoples the interchange of ideas which leads to a good understanding." After he had made a speech of his own, after Mr. Clark had made a speech, the 4,000 were free to turn their faces to the walls...