The Day Churchill Came to Town
The Sinews of Peace
March 5, 1946, dawned unseasonably mild, and a small Midwestern college town was about to play a big role in history. The events of that day included a stirring speech by Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri, the echoes of which seem to reverberate there still. Through a remarkable set of circumstances, the former Prime Minister of Britain had accepted the invitation of the college president, Franc L. McCluer, via the President of the United States, Harry Truman.
