Missouri College celebrating Winston Churchill Speech

(AP) – A small mid-Missouri college is preparing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech in which he warned of the former Soviet Union’s expansion of communism, ushering in the era of the Cold War. Westminster’s president invited Churchill to speak at the college in late 1945. On March 5, 1946, just months after World War II’s end, Churchill arrived, accompanied by President Harry Truman, a native Missourian. COVID-19 restrictions are forcing the commemoration on Friday at Westminster College in Fulton to be virtual. Livestreamed events are free and open to the public.