The Churchill Centre
Winston S Churchill
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| Formation | 1968 |
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Chairman
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Laurence Geller CBE |
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President
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Randolph S Churchill |
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Executive Director
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Michael F Bishop |
| Website | www.winstonchurchill.org |
The International Churchill Society (ICS), formerly known as the Churchill Centre, was founded in 1968 to educate new generations on the leadership, statesmanship, vision, courage and boldness of Sir Winston Churchill. Thousands of members around the world work together to impress the record Churchill's life and deeds on the 21st century. The Society's exhibits are located at the Churchill War Rooms and the National Churchill Library and Center at the George Washington University.
The Society sponsors an annual International Churchill Conference and numerous regional events honouring today's leaders; Churchill tours in Britain, Australia, France, South Africa and Morocco; academic symposia; student seminars; and the periodic Churchill Lecture, in which prominent world figures apply Sir Winston’s experience to the today’s issues. With grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Society has conducted highly praised seminars for high school teachers in the USA and UK, to aid their appreciation and use of Churchill's story in their local curricula. The Society's website is a massive archive of searchable facts and opinions.
The International Churchill Society is politically non-partisan, but not apolitical. Its quarterly journal, Finest Hour, often touches on Churchill's political philosophy and its relevance to today's issues. Speakers have spanned the political and cultural spectrum: William F. Buckley, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, Alistair Cooke, William Manchester, Andrew Roberts, Lord Watson of Richmond, David Lough, Sir David Cannadine members of the Churchill family, and many others.
While the International Churchill Society's view of its subject is naturally positive, it is not hagiographic and publishes critiques as well as praise. According to Roosevelt-Churchill historian Warren Kimball, "Finest Hour has become a serious (and still entertaining) journal, earning the sobriquet 'The Journal of Winston Churchill,' which has taken Churchill from the clutches of the worshipful and given him over to the appreciative—those who can look at him, warts and all."
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