Amer­i­can Embassy, Can­ber­ra. U.S. Ambas­sador to Wash­ing­ton after lay­ing the cor­ner­stone, 7 Decem­ber 1941: “What do we do now?” State Depart­ment to Ambas­sador: “Keep build­ing the thing or the Aussies will think we’re on the run.” (Pho­to by T. Lux­wol­da, Cre­ative Commons)