{"id":1050,"date":"2017-12-12T01:39:19","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T01:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/new-churchill-exhibit-celebrates-queen-mary-s-50-years-in-long-beach\/"},"modified":"2017-12-12T01:39:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T01:39:19","slug":"new-churchill-exhibit-celebrates-queen-mary-s-50-years-in-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/new-churchill-exhibit-celebrates-queen-mary-s-50-years-in-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"New Churchill Exhibit Celebrates Queen Mary\u2019s 50 Years in Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Learn all about our latest exhibit Their Finest Hours: Winston Churchill and The Queen Mary in the week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FixItFriday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FixItFriday<\/a> post! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X7SrWJiyPu\">https:\/\/t.co\/X7SrWJiyPu<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M19lIdpOKk\">pic.twitter.com\/M19lIdpOKk<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Queen Mary (@TheQueenMary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheQueenMary\/status\/939270546927136769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script> <\/center> <\/p>\n<p>History buffs and ship enthusiasts were given free admission on board the Queen Mary on Saturday, December 9 to commemorate the vessel\u2019s 50th anniversary in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Originally built as a luxury cruise ship, the Queen Mary was converted into a troopship at the beginning of World War II and painted a camouflage silver, earning it the nickname \u201cGrey Ghost\u201d. With the capacity to transport 16,000 troops at 30 knots, she was the largest and fastest troopship of her time.<\/p>\n<p>Winston Churchill\u2019s great granddaughter, Jennie Churchill dedicated the newly opened Churchill Exhibit \u201cTheir Finest Hour\u201d, to the 810,000 Allied troops and personnel the Queen Mary carried during the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Churchill exhibit contains many authentic and reproduced articles used by my great grandfather as he helped guide our nation and the free world during difficult times,\u201d Jennie Churchill said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen Mary was arguably the former British Prime Minister\u2019s favorite ship and the exhibit explores his deep connection with it and features both original and reproductions of personal items and artifacts. According to Cambridge University College Archivist Allen Packwood, Churchill made at least 10 known voyages in both peace and wartime, while records show some of the purchases he made included cigars, whiskey, champagne and stationery supplies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce aboard, he did the ordinary things of life including buying new shoes and replenishing his writing materials,\u201d Churchill said in a statement. \u201cThat he also bought toys and a camera as gifts for others says much about the person many consider to be the greatest statesman of the 20th century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also featured in the exhibit are the Churchill war room bunkers, cabinet rooms and staterooms designed for the war drama film \u201cDarkest Hour\u201d. The reproductions mimic the rooms where Churchill and his staff strategized against the Nazis. Attendees were treated to a free viewing of the exhibit as well as lectures on the ship\u2019s history, deck games and a tea party.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on viewing the exhibit click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenmary.com\/\">here<\/a> or call (877) 347-0742.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Queen Mary is located at 1126 Queens Highway.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>{FG_GEOMAP [33.7528705,-118.1897611] FG_GEOMAP}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History buffs and ship enthusiasts were given free admission on board the Queen Mary on Saturday, December 9 to commemorate the vessel\u2019s 50th anniversary in Long Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":66518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[164],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-queen-mary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}