The National Churchill Museum on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, MO caught the attention of the Los Angeles Times in article by Jay Jones, "Why Winston Churchill has been revered in this small Missouri town for 50 years."
Jones notes that the museum "...was created to memorialize a speech Churchill gave at the school in 1946. At a podium in the school’s gymnasium, with President Harry Truman seated a few feet away, Churchill warned of the new-found power of the Soviet Union and coined the phrase “iron curtain.”
The Churchill Museum is located in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury that was initially built in 17th century London and designed by Christopher Wren. The church was reassembled in the 1960s on the Westminster campus and reopened in 1969.
The story of the museum is tied to the mission of Westminster College as it develops leaders for a global community. It also underscores the value of this and similar institutions hosted by small colleges to serve their own students and the broader communities where they are located.
The story of the museum is tied to the mission of Westminster College as it develops leaders for a global community. It also underscores the value of this and similar institutions hosted by small colleges to serve their own students and the broader communities where they are located.
Article in the Columbia Missourian by Abigail E. Shaw on May 3, 2019, 50 years of Churchill: Fulton celebrates anniversary of celebrated museum
ReplyDeleteArticle by Helen Wilbers in the Fulton Sun on May 3, 2019, Wren church is 'living history'
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