Churchill Symposium a Roaring Success

July 26, 2012 | In the News | churchillnola | 0 Comment

On Saturday, July 14, the Society, in partnership with the WWII Museum, presented the Second Annual Winston S. Churchill Symposium to the delight of Society members and Churchill scholar attendees from across the country. Many commented that this year’s event even surpassed last year’s in its diversity and discussion

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Churchill Society of New Orleans President Gregg Collins with Lee Pollock, Chair of the US Churchill Center

Professor Brett Shufelt with students from Copia-Lincoln Community College, Mississippi enjoy the symposium

Dr. Gordon Mueller, President of the National WWII Museum, Herschel Abbot Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National WWII Museum and board member of the Churchill Society of New Orleans, J. Gregg Collins, President of the Churchill Society of New Orleans, and Dr. Keith Huxen, Senior Director of Research at the Museum made opening remarks, followed by presentations from Douglas Russell, author of Winston Churchill – Soldier: The Military Life of a Gentleman at War; Nigel Hamilton, author of Monty and the soon to be released FDR at War; Barbara Leaming, author of Churchill Defiant; and Barry Singer, author of Churchill Style. Following lunch and a entertainment from the Victory Belles, singing songs that Churchill would have enjoyed, a spirited panel discussion was led by Gregg Collins.

Author Barry Singer, assisted by his daughters, sign his book “Churchill Style”.

Author Douglas Russell signs “The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sir Winston Churchill”

Barbara shares a laugh while recounting conversations with sources for her book “Churchill Defiant”.

Churchill Society members Edie and John Wilson

Churchill Society members Walter Wolf, Joan Malter-Collins, and John Boyd

Lee adds to the discussion.

Symposium guests from Nashville enjoy the day.

Gregg grabs orange juice at breakfast before the day begins.

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