American Roll of Honor Interactive CD-ROM

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Cost £17.00

Inscribed in this roll of honor are the names of those Americans serving with the Canadian, British and United States Armed Forces who gave their lives while enroute to or stationed in the United Kingdom. It also includes those members of units permanently based in the United Kingdom who made the supreme sacrifice between D-Day and VE-Day. Turn the pages of the American Roll of Honor with 28,000 names. Special Features on this cd include: Order of Service of Commemoration and of Dedication, July 4th 1951 (courtesy private archive). Movietone News 1951 entitled London Honours Memory of American Dead. British and American servicemen and women marched to St Paul's on Independence Day. General Eisenhower made the presentation of the Roll of Honour of those who gave their lives "in the cause of freedom, justice and truth". Documentation from General Eisenhower's Library (courtesy of Dwight D Eisenhower Centre. 200 Southeast Fouth Street Abilene, KS 67410). Britains Homage to 28,000 American Dead (dedicated to 1st Lt. G.R. Still USAAF courtsey of American Battle Monuments Commission. http://www.stpaulsshop.org.uk/index....D=2433&brandID= For over a century, St Paul’s has had a special relationship with Americans. In 1903, J. Pierpont Morgan, the famous financier, donated the funds to bring electricity to the Cathedral. After World War II, the British people raised funds to build the American Memorial Chapel to replace the bomb-damaged east end of the Cathedral. Dedicated by the Queen in 1958 and visited by President Eisenhower in 1959, the Chapel continues to be the site of special services for US veterans and their families. Three days after 9/11, St Paul’s held a memorial service for those who died in the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, filling the Cathedral to capacity and overflowing into the surrounding streets. Several hundred thousand Americans visit St Paul’s annually. St Paul’s opens its doors to the American community in London each year for an American Thanksgiving Day service, attended by thousands of American residents and visitors.