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Kelsey Maffett | MidMoToday | February 25, 2014

Taking a trip back in time — and across the pond — is as easy as a jaunt down the highway.

Back in March of 1946, Winston Churchill uttered the famous words “an iron curtain has descended across the continent,” marking the beginning of the Cold War. The speech, now known as “The Sinews of Peace,” was delivered on the Westminster College campus, located in Fulton.

Westminster College now houses The National Churchill Museum, just a quick 30-minute drive from both Columbia and Jefferson City.

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“Leave the past to history especially as I propose to write that history myself.”

Winston S. Churchill