Congress Advances Legislation to Designate the Museum a National Historic Landmark: Video Testimony

 

The United States Senate unanimously approved legislation to designate America’s National Churchill Museum as a National Historic Landmark. Companion legislation is currently under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives and is expected to be taken up ahead of the 80th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s “The Sinews of Peace” address—commonly known as the “Iron Curtain” speech—in March 2025.

Watch Senator Josh Hawley’s remarks on the Senate floor in support of legislation to designate America’s National Churchill Museum as a National Historic Landmark. (December 16, 2025)

 

 

 

A companion bill, H.R. 1945, is currently under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Watch testimony before the House Natural Resources Committee’s Federal Lands Subcommittee by Timothy Riley, Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator. (July 16, 2025)