Video: 'Churchill And Roosevelt Christmas Speech (1941)'

(Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24, 1941, 5:02 p.m EST; during the Arcadia Conference and World War II) — Speaking from the high south portico of the White House, in the twinkling lights of the community Christmas tree on the lawn below them, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill this evening called on the people of their two nations to rededicate themselves in a righteous cause and to “arm their hearts’ for labor, suffering and for the ultimate victory ahead. Continue reading Roosevelt, Churchill voice faith to war-weary world on Christmas Eve 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 24 1941) →