President: John
Adams 
Start Point: LONDON - Clerkenwell and City Trail - 10km Walk (PT 95)
Jan 1 - Dec 31
England
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President: John
Adams |
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Start Point: LONDON - Clerkenwell and City Trail - 10km Walk (PT 95)
Jan 1 - Dec 31 |
| Sponsoring Club: North London Walking Club |
| History Lesson: http://www.bwf-ivv.org.uk/clerkenwell.htmThe trail goes through Grosvenor Square – site of the US Embassy in London. http://london.usembassy.gov/grsvnrsq/adams.html When John Adams, the first United States Minister to the Court of St. James's and the second President of the United States, lived from 1785 to 1788 in the house which still stands in Grosvenor Square on the corner of Brook and Duke Streets. …….. the buildings that General Eisenhower occupied as Commander in Chief of the Allied Force (June - November 1942) and Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force (January - March 1944). During World War II Grosvenor Square was the nerve center of the American Armed Forces in Great Britain. http://london.usembassy.gov/grsvnrsq/eisen.html |
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Updated February 11, 2007