Description: Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a scientist, Franklin was known for many inventions including the lightning rod. He subsequently became a distinguished politician and statesman in Pennsylvania. For almost two decades Franklin served as the Pennsylvania colonial assembly's representative in London. He later returned to Philadelphia in 1775, serving as a member of the Continental Congress which passed the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776. He was also present at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. During his mission in London, he lodged at this house on Craven Street, where he met with politicians and London's scientific community. Since 2006 the house has served as a museum which runs guided tours. (More information at the website.)

Description: A statue of George Washington, commander-in-chief during the American Revolutionary War and first President of the United States (1789-1797), stands in Trafalgar Square in front of the National Gallery. Before he achieved fame as the resourceful military commander who defeated the British to secure American independence, Washington served as a British officer during the Seven Years War against France. After the war he sought a British commission as general but was refused by the British authorities. He therefore retired to his estate at Mount Vernon before being commissioned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in 1776. The statue is a gift from the United States to Britain in 1921. It is said that the plinth stands on soil brought to London from Washington's native Virginia.

Description: An equestrian statue of King George III stands at the eastern end of Pall Mall behind Canada House. George III (1760-1820) was King of England during the American Revolution. Although he is known in the popular imagination as 'mad King George', he was in fact a sophisticated and enlightened ruler celebrated for his patronage of the arts and sciences. When the British Parliament exerted its authority to tax the colonies, many colonial Americans appealed to King George and believed that he would defend the cause. The King's decision to support Parliament's right to taxation strengthened the rebellion against British authority and soon resulted in the outbreak of hostilities.

Description: Texas enjoyed a 10 year period as an independent republic between its successful rebellion against Mexican rule in 1836 and its admission into the United States at the end of 1845. The Republic of Texas maintained three legations to Washington DC, London, and Paris during its existence as an independent entity. This plaque on St James's Street, erected in 1963, marks the location of the legation in London from 1842 to 1845.

Description: Britain and the United States were allies during the Second World War, and conducted joint operations in several theatres during the war, most notably the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944. UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt developed a warm working relationship as the political leaders of the two allied nations. This sculpture of Churchill and Roosevelt sitting on either side of a bench was installed in 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Roosevelt died on 12 April 1945, a few months before the end of the war.

Description: The United States maintained a diplomatic presence in Grovesnor Square since 1785, when the future President John Adams was head of the American diplomatic mission in London. The US embassy was based at Grovesnor Square until 2018, when a new and larger facility was built in Vauxhall, south of the river. Grovesnor Square served as the headquarters for Dwight D. Eisenhower when he was named Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in advance of the D-Day invasion in 1944. A statue of Eisenhower, who later served as President of the United States (1953-61) was later erected in the square. Statues of two other US Presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-45) and Ronald Reagan (1981-89) are also located in the square.

Description: Stop for a quick drink at Starbucks, the quintessential American coffee chain, originating from Seattle.