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The Winston Churchill Memorial and Library is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Rob Havers as Executive Director.
Dr. Havers, who previously held posts at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and the University of Cambridge, joined the Memorial on August 2, 2004.
Havers was the 2003-2004 Fulbright-Robertson Visiting Professor of British History at Westminster College. Havers’ familiarity with war strategy and his knowledge of military campaign tactics will certainly be put to a different yet appropriate use in his new role at the Memorial.
Click here to read more abour Dr. Havers, and about his exciting plans for the Memorial's future.
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| An extraordinary statesman defines a singular moment in history. Sir Winston Churchill's best-remembered words were uttered not in England, but at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, in an address entitled "Sinews of Peace": |
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| "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent..." |
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| Welcome to the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States at Westminster College. The Memorial is located on the college campus in Fulton, Missouri, the site of Churchill's famous "Iron Curtain" speech. The Memorial was founded in 1969 to honor the life and legacy of one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century. It is housed within the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, a 12th century church from the middle of London, redesigned by Sir Christopher Wren in 1677, that was relocated to Fulton. The undercroft of this beautiful and historic Wren church is a museum filled with a priceless treasury of artifacts and information relating to the life and times of Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill himself was intrigued by the imaginative idea of a restored Wren church in America's heartland. He wrote, "It may symbolize in the eyes of the English-speaking peoples the ideals of Anglo-American association on which rest, now as before, so many of our hopes for peace and the future of mankind." |
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| The museum tells the story of a hero who led the free world's fight for freedom, from his privileged youth as the son of a British aristocrat to the darkest days of war. This museum provides a chronicle of the life and times of one of the world's most memorable political leaders and serves as a venue for special artistic and historical exhibits, as well as a variety of social and cultural events. The Churchill Memorial is part of the fabric of everyday life on the campus of Westminster College. Students attend church services here, use the extensive resources of the Memorial's library for research, and serve as tour guides. Many marriages take place in the Christopher Wren church, a light-filled sanctuary where the poet John Milton was married and where Shakespeare may have worshipped. Most of all, the Memorial symbolizes the philosophy upon which the college was founded in 1851. Westminster's reputation for academic excellence begins with the belief that "a freed mind is the chief object of education," an idea vigorously applauded by Sir Winston Churchill. |
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| Other world leaders who have followed in Churchill's footsteps and journeyed here to speak at the Memorial include: Presidents Reagan, Ford, and Bush; British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Polish President Lech Walesa; and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev who, fittingly, gave a speech announcing the end of the Cold War and marking the fall of what Churchill had named, "The Iron Curtain." |
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Contact the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library! |
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Dr. Rob Havers
Executive Director
Direct line: (573) 592 5233
E-Mail Dr. Havers |
Sara Winingear
Assistant Director
Direct line: (573) 592 5234
E-mail Mrs. Winingear |
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John Hensley
Archivist/ Curator
Direct line: (573) 592 5183
E-mail Mr. Hensley |
Main telephone number: (573) 592.5369
Fax: (573) 592.5222 |
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