DAY TRIP story by Connye Griffin | photos by Al Griffin
The past lives large in Fulton
Above: America’s National Churchill Museum. At right: A classic restaurant still operating in Fulton is Bek’s where Westminster students, faculty, and visitors make memories.
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ome people loom large in imagination. One such person, nicknamed The Roaring Lion, is Sir Winston Churchill who, as Prime Minister, became an architect for Europe’s victory against Nazi Germany. Churchill cultivated a partnership with U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Some say these two world leaders saved the future. Recent History
As Armistice Day, early in November nears, a trip to Fulton, Missouri may be in order. There in the 1930s, Westminster College initiated a lecture series. The seventh lecturer was Churchill in 1946. His post-World War II lecture titled “The Iron Curtain Speech” infused global policies and inspired a local private college to undertake a global mission. Westminster and its trustees salvaged a bombed-out 17th century church designed by Christopher Wren. Set for destruction after air raids over London, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, was saved and shipped stone by stone to Fulton where it houses America’s National Churchill Museum. Inside visitors will learn much about the long loving marriage between Churchill and his wife, Churchill’s talent as an artist and writer, his skills and tenacity as Prime Minister, and his vision for a partnership between the U. S. and the U. K. 10 VACATION NEWS
May 6 - 19, 2022
