J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                    2131

No. 17
(House Joint Resolution 40)

House Joint Resolution declaring the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Spencer
Churchill to be an honorary citizen of the State of Maryland.

The State of Maryland honors itself and its people in declaring the
Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Spencer Churchill to be an honorary citizen of
this State.

Winston Churchill is one of the few truly great figures to emerge
on the stage of history from the maelstrom of World War II. Writer,
soldier, legislator, and administrator, he has made an indelible mark
upon his generation and the world.

His military service, as a young man, was in India and Africa. In
the year 1900, at the age of twenty-six, Churchill became a member
of the English Parliament; and with only brief interruptions his
service there continued over a period of fifty-five years.

While in Parliament he took frequent and honorable posts in the
Cabinet, culminating in the war years from 1940 to 1945 when he held
the triple portfolios of Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury,
and Minister of National Defence.

Churchill's writings include a four-volume biography of Marl-
borough, a four-volume History of the English Speaking Peoples, and
a four-volume set of Memoirs of World War II.

Mankind will not soon forget Winston Churchill's role in rallying
and encouraging the Free World during World War II. During the
dark days of England's travail, and in particular, during the Battle of
Britain, his was the voice which steadied and brought confidence to
his troubled people. Who will forget the stark reality and grim deter-
mination in his "blood, sweat and tears"? Who will forget the hope
and moral fibre he brought to a confused humanity as he exhorted the
English nation to "it's finest hour"?

England and the English people have contributed mightily to the
institutions of popular government. It may be the judgment of his-
tory that in all the long centuries of that development, no one more
than Winston Churchill has more truly approached the stature and
dignity of greatness.

The General Assembly of Maryland is proud thus to honor this
foremost citizen of our times; now therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Rt. Hon.
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill is declared to be an honorary citizen
of the State of Maryland; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of State of Maryland is directed to
send copies of this resolution under the Great Seal of the State of
Maryland to the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Spencer Churchill, Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II, the President of the United States, the President
pro tern of the Senate of the United States, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives of the United States, and each member of the
Maryland Delegation in the Congress of the United States.

Approved March 29, 1963.