Perhaps there is no greater theme upon which to reflect during one’s study of Winston Churchill than “Education,” for it begins to address the endlessly fascinating question of how...

American Citizens’ Letters to Churchill in response to his radio broadcast to America on 16 October 1938 Speech (“The lights are going out”)Audio excerpt with...

Finest Hour 181, Summer 2018 Page 40 By Michael McMenamin 125 Years Ago Summer 1893 • Age 18 “I Had at Length Got In” Winston spent the summer of 1893...

Finest Hour 178, Fall 2018 Page 40 By Michael McMenamin 125 Years ago Autumn 1892 • Age 18 “If He Fails Again” Winston’s brother Jack joined him at Harrow in the fall and the two boys...

The 2018 theme is Conflict and Compromise in History The National Contest for the National History Day® competition is the final stage of a series of contests at local and state/affiliate levels Students begin...

Finest Hour 176, Spring 2017 Page 18 By Fred Glueckstein In The Churchillians, Winston Churchill’s former Private Secretary Sir John Colville wrote that one of the men from his youth whom...

Unteachable from infancy to tomb — There is the first and main characteristic of mankind.

When Churchill was eighty eight he was asked by the Duke of Edinburgh how he’d like to be remembered. He reportedly replied that he’d like a scholarship named after him. A Foundation was created as a vehicle for the Churchill Scholarship in July 1959. Now called the Winston Churchill Foundation of the US, it’s a reminder of Anglo–US cooperation and friendship.

Churchill died in 1965 and yet his name – and his legacy – lives on, in the educational organisations that he established in his lifetime and in the initiatives set up after his death, to promote excellence, innovation and leadership in education and research in science, technology, health and welfare and the arts. Churchill cared passionately about the future of his country and believed strongly in the importance of education and research in securing success and leadership in the years ahead.