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Friday, November 3, 2023

"IF THESE TWO GREAT COUNTRIES DO NOT HANG TOGETHER"

AMBASSADOR HARVEY SAYS THERE IS NOTHING MORE FOR HIM TO DO IN THE UK

Southampton, England (JFK+50) On November 3, 1923, George Harvey*, United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, sailed for New York City on the Aquitania.

Before departure, the Ambassador said to reporters...

"There is nothing left for me to do here.  It is better that I should go home and work for the great cause of British-American friendship.  If these two great countries do not hang together there is nothing left for the world..."

*George Harvey (1864-1928) was born in Peacham, Vermont & served as US Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1921-1923.

SOURCE

"Nothing Remains To Be Done, Says Harvey, Sailing," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 
 
George Brinton McClellan Harvey
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