Bulletin #131 – May 2019

Andrew Roberts at the 2018 Churchill Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia

Churchill Biographer Joins 36th International Conference

Early-Bird Ticket Sales End This Month

Award-winning author Andrew Roberts, author of the best-selling biography Churchill: Walking with Destiny, has joined our lineup of speakers for the 36th International Churchill Conference, which will take place in Washington, D.C. at the Georgetown Marriott October 29–31. Early-Bird ticket sales continue until the end of this month. To register, please CLICK HERE.

Winston Churchill, Chancellor Bristol University

ICS Chairman Helps to Fund Educational Opportunities

International Churchill Society Chairman Laurence Geller is helping to fund new scholarship opportunities at University College, London (UCL) and New York University (NYU).

D-Day: The Supreme Climax of the War

By WINSTON S. CHURCHILL

On the eve of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the D-Day landings, we recall extracts from Churchill’s description of the tense series of events that took place during the hours before the attack.

FDR Presidential Library Announces Major Exhibit

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York is marking the 75th anniversary of Operation OVERLORD with an exhibit that highlights the leadership of both President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. “D-Day: FDR and Churchill’s ‘Mighty Endeavor’” recognizes the Allies’ greatest military achievement: the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy, which sealed the fate of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.

The Art of Being Winston Churchill: The Siren Suit

By BARRY SINGER

Winston Churchill adored uniforms. His personal fashion sense, however, was very much zipper-driven. Churchill’s favorite suit, by far, was not a uniform at all but a garment he designed for himself—his “siren suit,” a zip-up, all-in-one that his children referred to as his “rompers.”

Churchill Collectables: The British Bulldog

By BRIAN KRAPF

There are only two known wartime porcelain pieces which portray Winston Churchill as the British bulldog. One was made by Royal Doulton and will be featured in a future article. The other is the one pictured here, which was produced in 1941 by Crown Devon.