Did not know that there such a thing as a National Churchill Museum in the USA. I think it was in St. Louis that he made the famous iron curtain speech.
As a blond English girl growing up in wartime England I was brought up to respect WSLSC. Hitler had plans for little girls like me !
As I grew up my admiration for him deepened. A great man !
I see from your home page that you are a veteran. Thank you for your service and God Bless you !
It was indeed where he gave his famous “Iron Curtin” speech.
For me, I hated seeing his treatment by the British people change as he left government and got older, but...he isn’t the only one who had many of his own people turn their backs on him and ridicule him.
He was a flawed man, no doubt. But as I get older, the conviction that the pursuit of heroes who are free of flaws is not only counterproductive, but ignorant.
For my part...I have come to embrace his flaws as part of who he was. One of my favorite stories (apart from the “If you were my husband I would poison your tea” story) is the one of his young female secretary who had to explain to him why his two fingered gesture to the British press had put everyone into such an uproar.
He had no idea, from his station in life, that the two finger victory sign delivered knuckle out meant something quite different to the lower classes!
I can just see, as he realizes this, a hint of amusement on his face...:)
Love it!
And thank you for recognizing my service. One of the things that I enjoy about this forum is it allows me to see and recognize those who served, and there are a lot of them on here!