Movie Night… all about Jennie

September 21, 2013 | In the News | churchillnola | 0 Comment

A mini-series about Churchill’s mother, the beautiful American socialite, Jennie Jerome, was enjoyed by all. The film was enhanced by a round of Manhattans, prepared by CSNO member Ben Capshaw.

Many thanks to Ben, who brought the ingredients and prepared this cocktail for those assembled.
The Manhattan was created in the 1970s at the Manhattan Club, on the island of the same name. This cocktail was first served at a banquet hosted by Lady Jennie Churchill, Winston’s mother. Instructions: Fill 2 stemmed cocktail(martini) glasses with crushed ice, then set glasses aside to chill. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice cubes, then pour 5 oz bourbon, 2 oz. sweet vermouth, and 6 dashes Angostura bitters over ice in the shaker. Stir well. Pour ice out of cocktail glasses, then strain drink into chilled glasses. Garnish each with a maraschino cherry.

Churchill Quote:

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Churchill: A Timeline

1874 Birth occurs at Blenheim Palace, Nov. 30

1888 Pupil at Harrow public school

1895 Commissioned soldier in Fourth Hussars

1899 War correspondent in South Africa; captured and escapes

1900 Elected Minister of Parliament for Oldham

1908 Marries Clementine Hozier at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.

1910 Home Secretary

1911 First Lord of the Admiralty

1915 On Western Front - World War I

1921 Colonial Secretary

1922 Buys Chartwell

1924 Chancellor of the Exchequer

1939 Returns as First Lord of the Admiralty, World War II declared

1940 Prime Minister

1945 Defeated by Labour in General Election.

1951 Returns as Prime Minister

1955 Resigns as Prime Minister after two strokes

1965 Dies Jan. 24 in London. Hundreds of thousands hold vigil.

1977 Wife, Clementine Churchill, dies. Both buried together at Bladon.

Books By Churchill

My Early Life – An autobiography covering the first twenty-five years of Churchill’s life
The River War – Lord Kitchner’s reconquest of the Sudan in 1898. Published in 1899; (2 vols.) Also published in a one volume abridged edition.
A History of the English Speaking Peoples
Marlborough – a biography of his ancestor, John Churchill, 1^st Duke of Marlborough, Published in four, six, and two volume editions.
The World Crisis – a six-volume history of the First World War.
The Second World War – six volumes, sometimes reprinted as twelve volumes
Painting as a Pastime – an essay on the joys of painting