Is the Cabinet War Rooms in the White House?

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The Churchill CentreFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Churchill Centre and Churchill Museum at the Cabinet War Rooms [1] was founded in 1968 to educate new generations on the leadership, statesmanship, vision, courage and boldness of Sir Winston Churchill. Thousands of members around the world work together to impress the record Churchill's life and deeds on the 21st century. The Centre's exhibits are located at the Churchill War Rooms.

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@oristarA,

No, they're in London.

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Here's the address

Churchill War Rooms
Clive Steps
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AQ

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Oristar, a few points:

1. Sir Winston Churchill was an Englishman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
2. The "Cabinet" used in this context is a part of the British Government.
3. The White House is the official residence and headquarters of the President of the United States of America.
4. Britain is not America.
5. America is not Britain.

(Possibly) a Chinese joke: Did you hear about the Westerners look-alike competition? Everybody won!

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@izzythepush,

izzythepush wrote:

No, they're in London.

What has confused me is that the Wikipedia says "Langworth is also author or editor of A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill [1] and Winston Churchill by Himself [2]. Langworth served as the President of The Churchill Centre in Washington, DC (1988-99) and has been Chairman of the Centre's Board of Trustees since 2000. He has been editor of the Churchill journal Finest Hour [3] from 1982 to date. In 1998 he was created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by HM The Queen for his services to Anglo-American understanding."

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Langworth

Here we have The Churchill Centre in Washington, DC, and you pointed out The Churchill Centre is in London...

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

Oristar, a few points:

1. Sir Winston Churchill was an Englishman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
2. The "Cabinet" used in this context is a part of the British Government.
3. The White House is the official residence and headquarters of the President of the United States of America.
4. Britain is not America.
5. America is not Britain.

(Possibly) a Chinese joke: Did you hear about the Westerners look-alike competition? Everybody won!

Thank you.

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@oristarA,

They're two different places. The Churchill centre, from your quotation, appears to be in America, I don't know for a fact. However, the Churchill Cabinet War Rooms are definitely in London.

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@oristarA,

Langworth worked in the U.S. at one time.

The Churchill Centre referenced in the original post is in London.

There is really nothing that you need to make confusing here.

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@ehBeth,

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There is really nothing that you need to make confusing here.

From Ori's description, he didn't make anything confusing, Beth. He was confused by something he read in Wiki.

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Sir Winston Churchill always had a strong connection with the USA because his mother was an American.

There is a very good American Museum at Bath, England which benefitted from a bequest by her, I think, and was started by Lady Randolph Churchill (originally Jenny Jerome, and American socialite).

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If it was a Churchill Centre, it certainly wasn't in the United States. Americans know how correctly to spell that word.

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@Setanta,

Piffle and tish Malvolio. Poor old Oristar, asks a question, gets an answer, that should be the end of it. Then along comes some poor sad man, trying to look a little less sad and pathetic, but actually achieving the opposite. You really don't get irony do you? If you want genuine pasta you go to Italy, if you want genuine English complete with spellings you go to England. If you want to see a man who can suck up cushions with his arse give Malvolio a call.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

If it was a Churchill Centre, it certainly wasn't in the United States. Americans know how correctly to spell that word.

Good point, Set.
Is there the Cabinet War Rooms in the White House?

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

Sir Winston Churchill always had a strong connection with the USA because his mother was an American.

There is a very good American Museum at Bath, England which benefitted from a bequest by her, I think, and was started by Lady Randolph Churchill (originally Jenny Jerome, and American socialite).

Thank you for the information.

But I wonder what does "by her" mean? By her introduction, the bequest donated much money to the Bath American Museum?

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@oristarA,

There is a command and control center at the Pentagon, which is located in Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington. However, it would not be appropriate to call it a "cabinet' war room (it is commonly just called the war room), because other than the Secretary of Defense, and now, arguably, the Secretary for Homeland Security, the members of the cabinet have no say in how war is conducted.

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@oristarA,

oristarA wrote:

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There is a very good American Museum at Bath, England which benefitted from a bequest by her

Thank you for the information.

But I wonder what does "by her" mean? By her introduction, the bequest donated much money to the Bath American Museum?

A bequest [made] by her. She bequeathed (left) something to the museum in her will. A bequest is something which is left in a will, it could be an outright gift e.g. of money, real estate, stocks and shares, a business, etc, or it could be all or part of the "benefit" from those things (interest, share dividends, rent, etc), for ever ("in perpetuity") or a fixed period of time. People often make bequests to musems, schools, hospitals, orphanages, charities etc where the beneficiary does not get the cash or buildings but instead gets some or all of the income generated.

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

A bequest [made] by her. She bequeathed (left) something to the museum in her will. A bequest is something which is left in a will, it could be an outright gift e.g. of money, real estate, stocks and shares, a business, etc, or it could be all or part of the "benefit" from those things (interest, share dividends, rent, etc), for ever ("in perpetuity") or a fixed period of time. People often make bequests to musems, schools, hospitals, orphanages, charities etc where the beneficiary does not get the cash or buildings but instead gets some or all of the income generated.

Thank you.

The question raised simply because I misread the Chinese for "bequest" for another.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

If it was a Churchill Centre, it certainly wasn't in the United States. Americans know how correctly to spell that word.

Yet not know how to construct a sentence.

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@TheSubliminalKid,

You've got a gall to criticize anyone else's use of the English language.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

You've got a gall to criticize anyone else's use of the English language.

*the gall
There I fixed it. Happy to help.

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