Third Annual Churchill Symposium is a Smashing Success

May 22, 2013 | In the News | churchillnola | 0 Comment

May 18, 2013, the National World War II Museum in partnership with the Churchill Society of New Orleans, and with support from Ms. Tina Flaherty, sponsored the third annual Winston S. Churchill Symposium.

After a hearty English breakfast in the American Sector Atrium, attendees took their seats in the auditorium for opening remarks by Dr. Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller, President of the National World War II Museum, Mr.J.Gregg Collins, President of The Churchill Society of New Orleans, and Dr. Keith Huxen, the National WWII Museum’s Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Director of Research and History.

We enjoyed presentations by Dr. Michael Shelden, author of “Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill”, Dr. Christopher Bell, author of “Churchill and Sea Power” and Mr. Paul Reid, author of “The Last Lion Hunted: Winston Churchill in 1940.”

Lunch and a performance of the Museum’s “Victory Belles” was followed by Dr. Rob Havers, Executive Director of the Churchill Memorial and Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, who spoke on Churchill’s “Iron Curtain Address”. The symposium wrapped with a panel discussion of all four speakers, led by Gregg Collins.

Michael Sheldon signs his book, “Young Titan”

Joan Collins and speaker Paul Reid enjoy a break in the lobby

Stalwarts of the National World War II Museum Nick Mueller and Boysie Bollinger

Professor Brett Shufelt and sponsor Tina Flaherty

Professor Brett Shufelt and Tina Flaherty

Patton Crane, Alexis Smith, and Billy Eubanks

Betsy is excited to meet former Louisiana Governor Charles “Buddy” Roemer

Lee Pollock, Executive Director of the Churchill Centre announces the International Churchill Conference to be in New Orleans, April 3-5, 2014

Dr. Rob Havers discusses Churchill’s Iron Curtain Address

The panel ponders audience questions.

Churchill Quote:

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Churchill: A Timeline

1874 Birth occurs at Blenheim Palace, Nov. 30

1888 Pupil at Harrow public school

1895 Commissioned soldier in Fourth Hussars

1899 War correspondent in South Africa; captured and escapes

1900 Elected Minister of Parliament for Oldham

1908 Marries Clementine Hozier at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.

1910 Home Secretary

1911 First Lord of the Admiralty

1915 On Western Front - World War I

1921 Colonial Secretary

1922 Buys Chartwell

1924 Chancellor of the Exchequer

1939 Returns as First Lord of the Admiralty, World War II declared

1940 Prime Minister

1945 Defeated by Labour in General Election.

1951 Returns as Prime Minister

1955 Resigns as Prime Minister after two strokes

1965 Dies Jan. 24 in London. Hundreds of thousands hold vigil.

1977 Wife, Clementine Churchill, dies. Both buried together at Bladon.

Books By Churchill

My Early Life – An autobiography covering the first twenty-five years of Churchill’s life
The River War – Lord Kitchner’s reconquest of the Sudan in 1898. Published in 1899; (2 vols.) Also published in a one volume abridged edition.
A History of the English Speaking Peoples
Marlborough – a biography of his ancestor, John Churchill, 1^st Duke of Marlborough, Published in four, six, and two volume editions.
The World Crisis – a six-volume history of the First World War.
The Second World War – six volumes, sometimes reprinted as twelve volumes
Painting as a Pastime – an essay on the joys of painting