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Winston Churchill's Poetic Speeches of World War II
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March 1, 2011 |
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In 1940, from deep beneath the buildings of Whitehall in London, in an underground complex known as the Cabinet War Rooms, Winston Churchill saved Britain. This secret cavern became the nerve centre of the war. Churchill would even sleep here on occasions. In Room 60 of this political bunker, he made his historic radio speeches to the nation, speeches which gave the people the strength and resolve to win the war. I sometimes imagine my mother as a teenage girl at home, huddled around the radio with her brothers and sisters in 1940, anxiously listening to Churchill's addresses.
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Discovering Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri
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August 24, 2007 |
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My quest had really begun five months earlier in Missouri with yet another map. While searching for a scenic alternative to the interstate en route to my original destination, I spied it in the tiniest of lettering: " Winston Churchill Memorial & Library"--nestled somewhere south of I-70 in an area buried in a spiderweb of rural highways. Plagued with curiosity and recalling the state's old motto, "Show Me," I set off the following morning on this irresistible detour, a casual ride through open land with beckoning signs for auto museums, picturesque lakes, and upcoming country festivals.
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