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Originally Posted by volguus zildrohar
It seems that many Europeans are more likely to be a little more informed about historical figures from other parts of the world than Americans though Abraham Lincoln in particular I wouldn't expect to come to mind there as easily as, say, John F. Kennedy or Franklin Roosevelt.
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There is a big statue of Roosevelt in Grosvenor Square, as well as a statue of Eisenhower. There is also another statue of Abraham Lincoln in Manchester in England.
John F. Kennedy has a memorial at Runnymede in Surrey, England.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/d...-and-politics/
Other notable links to US Historical figures in England include Washington Old Hall and the Manor House in Northamptonshire (ancestral Homes of the Washington family ancestors of George Washington). Thetford in Norfolk - Thomas Paine's home town. William Penn's grave in Buckinghamshire, Benjamin Franklin's house in London, Harvard House in Stratford Upon Avon, Elihu Yale's grave in Wrexham in Wales. John Bunyan (Pilgrims Progress) grave at Bunhill in London and statue in Bedford, Pocahontas's grave at Gravesend near London, the American Artist Whistler who is tburied at St. Nicholas's Church in Chiswick, American writer T.S Elliott buried in Golders Green in London and numerous others. There are blue plaques throughout London many having significance to Americans such as the places where Jimmy Hendrix lived or where he died in London, places where Eidenhower lived or places where people such as John. F. Kennedy or Nancy Astor lived.
You can find more on these links -
http://london.usembassy.gov/culture/...nnections.html
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/d...ican-heritage/
http://www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org...ns/default.htm
http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/ma...old%20hall.htm
http://houses.shakespeare.org.uk/harvard-house.html
http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/small/item/GTJ15023/
JFK plaque (below), 13-14 Princes Gate SW7, Knightsbridge, London. 13-14 Princes Gate was the residence of the American Ambassador to the Court of St James from 1921 until 1955. JFK lived there with his family when his father, Joseph Kennedy, was ambassador 1938 - 40.
