Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tobacco
Bay
Fort St. Catherine
St. George's
Island
St. George's Golf Club
St. George's Golf Club
2
St. George
1
Paget
Island
St. George's
Harbour
Smith's
Smith's
Island
Smith's
Island
Gunner Bay
Island
ST. GEORGE'S
ST. GEORGE'S
St. David's
Island
HAMILTON
Crystal Caves
Crystal Caves
Castle Harbour
Nonsuch
Island
Leamington Caves
Leamington Caves
Harrington
Sound
Bermuda Aquarium,
Bermuda Aquarium,
Museum & Zoo
Bermuda Aquarium,
Museum & Zoo
Tucker's
Town
Museum & Zoo
4
Flatts
SMITH'S
th
DEVONSHIRE
Verdmont
Spittal Pond
Palm Grove
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Airport
0
3 mi
0
3 km
Bermuda Comes into Its Own
In 1953, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill chose Bermuda, which he had
visited during the war, as the site for a conference with U.S. President Dwight D.
Eisenhower and the French premier. Several such high-level gatherings have followed
in the decades since; the most recent one, between former British Prime Minister
John Major and former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, took place in 1991.
Bermuda's increasing prominence led to changes in its relations with Great Britain
and the United States, as well as significant developments on the island itself. In 1957,
after nearly 2 centuries of occupation, Britain withdrew its military forces, and decided
to grant self-government to its oldest colony. Under the Lend-Lease Agreement signed
