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Timothy Riley on 75th Anniversary of Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech
2021-03-06T08:59:03-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOTA0XC8yMDIxMDMwNjA5MjA0MDAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Fulton, Missouri’s Westminster College invited Winston Churchill to speak in March, 1946--not long after the British prime minister, who guided England through World War II, was voted out of office. Townspeople welcomed Churchill and President Harry Truman with a parade. And 2,700 of them gathered in the college gym and heard Churchill declare, “An Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent.” This look back--75 years later--at one of the Cold War’s most iconic speeches was a joint production of American History TV and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. The guest was Timothy Riley, Fulton’s National Churchill Museum director and chief curator.
Fulton, Missouri’s Westminster College invited Winston Churchill to speak in March, 1946--not long after the British prime minister, who guided England through World War…
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Fulton, Missouri’s Westminster College invited Winston Churchill to speak in March, 1946--not long after the British prime minister, who guided England through World War II, was voted out of office. Townspeople welcomed Churchill and President Harry Truman with a parade. And 2,700 of them gathered in the college gym and heard Churchill declare, “An Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent.” This look back--75 years later--at one of the Cold War’s most iconic speeches was a joint production of American History TV and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. The guest was Timothy Riley, Fulton’s National Churchill Museum director and chief curator. close
Fulton, Missouri’s Westminster College invited Winston Churchill to speak in March, 1946--not long after the British prime minister, who guided England through World War… read more
Fulton, Missouri’s Westminster College invited Winston Churchill to speak in March, 1946--not long after the British prime minister, who guided England through World War II, was voted out of office. Townspeople welcomed Churchill and President Harry Truman with a parade. And 2,700 of them gathered in the college gym and heard Churchill declare, “An Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent.” This look back--75 years later--at one of the Cold War’s most iconic speeches was a joint production of American History TV and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. The guest was Timothy Riley, Fulton’s National Churchill Museum director and chief curator. close
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