"I HEARD EXPRESSIONS OF CONFIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES"

JFK RETURNS HOME FROM EUROPEAN TRIP

Washington, D.C.  (JFK+50) On July 5, 1963, President John F. Kennedy spoke to the American people upon his return from Europe.

The President said...

"I think every American has reason to be proud of this Nation's reputation and standing in Europe.  This trip was a moving experience.

I saw the expressions of hope and confidence on the faces of West Berliners 100 miles from the Iron Curtain*. 

I heard expressions of confidence in the United States from leaders of Germany and England, Italy and Ireland.

I found a deep conviction in our common goals, the unity of the West, the freedom of man, the necessity of peace."

*Iron Curtain is the name for the boundary dividing Europe into separate areas, Free & Communist, from the end of WWII in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.  The countries West of the IC were allied with the USA while those East of the IC were allied with the Soviet Union.

SOURCE

"President Kennedy's Message to the American People After Returning From Europe", July 5, 1963, www.youtube.com/

Cizou (Zaisa)

Preserved Part of the Iron Curtain

Photo by Pudelek (Marcin Scala) 2014

 

"FROM STETTIN IN THE BALTIC TO TRIESTE IN THE ADRIATIC..."

CHURCHILL SAYS AN IRON CURTAIN HAS DESCENDED ACROSS EUROPE

Fulton, Missouri (JFK+50) On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, gave his famous "Iron Curtain Speech" here in Fulton, Missouri.  Mr. Churchill, a guest of President Harry S Truman, spoke at Westminster College*.

He presented the following warning to the western world...

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain** has descended across the continent."

Earlier Mr. Churchill talked about the special relationship between his country and the United States.  He also said that in dealing with the Soviets there is...

"nothing which they admire so much as strength and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for military weakness."

The Iron Curtain speech is considered one of the first references of the existence of a "cold war" between East and West.

*Westminster College was founded in 1851.  It is a private liberal arts college located in Fulton, MO.  It is also home of the National Churchill Museum.

**Iron Curtain describes the physical boundary dividing the Soviet Bloc of eastern Europe and free western Europe from the end of WWII to the end of the Cold War (1945-1991).

Churchill Speaks 

Westminster College

Fulton, Missouri

THE TRIP WAS A MOVING EXPERIENCE

JFK'S REMARKS ON RETURN FROM EUROPE

Washington, D.C.  (JFK+50) On July 5, 1963, President John F. Kennedy spoke to the American people on his return from Europe.

The President said...

"I think every American has reason to be proud of this Nation's reputation and standing in Europe.  This trip was a moving experience.  I saw the expressions of hope and confidence on the faces of West Berliners 100 miles from the Iron Curtain*.  I heard expressions of confidence in the United States from leaders of Germany and England, Italy and Ireland."

In addition to saying that he was glad to be home, JFK concluded his remarks with these words...

"I found a deep conviction in our common goals, the unity of the West, the freedom of man, the necessity of peace."

*Iron Curtain is the name for the boundary dividing Europe into separate areas, Free & Communist, from the end of WWII in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.  The countries West of the IC were allied with the USA while those East of the IC were allied with the Soviet Union.

SOURCE

"President Kennedy's Message to the American People After Returning From Europe", July 5, 1963, www.youtube.com/

Cizou (Zaisa)

Preserved Part of the Iron Curtain

Photo by Pudelek (Marcin Scala) 2014