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The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury

Twice destroyed by fire, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, located at the corner of Westminster Avenue and 7th Street, is part of the National Churchill Museum. Dating from the 12th century, it was redesigned by Sir Christopher Wren in 1677 after the Great Fire of London. Left in ruins by World War II, the architectural masterpiece was saved from demolition. The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury was reconstructed and restored on the Westminster College campus in the 1960s.

The Phoenix Continues to Rise – The History of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury

Inside view of The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury

Breakthrough - The Cold War Memorial

One year after the November 9, 1989, fall of the Berlin Wall, President Ronald Reagan dedicated Breakthrough, an 11-foot-high by 32-foot-long structure sculpted from 8 sections of the Berlin Wall by artist Edwina Sandys, granddaughter of Winston Churchill, as the centerpiece of the Cold War Memorial on the Westminster campus. Visitors may view Breakthrough on Latshaw Plaza adjacent to the Churchill Museum.

The Founding of Breakthrough - The Dedication of the Breakthrough Sculpture (1990)

Breakthrough sculpture - The Cold War Memorial
Breakthrough - The Cold War Memorial

The 'Iron Curtain' Sculpture

On May 13, 2011, a new sculpture titled 'Iron Curtain' was unveiled in front of the National Churchill Museum. Its sculptor, Don Wiegand, and Richard J. Mahoney, Churchill Fellow and Museum Board of Governor, spoke of their role in this undertaking and of the sculpture's wider significance. While Churchill sculptures and statues are many around the world, none capture the "Iron Curtain" address and certainly few capture Churchill the man in quite a dramatic form. Please see this new piece outside the Museum in our newly remodeled entrance plaza.

View photo gallery of the sculpture unveiling

winston churchill iron curtain sculpture, national churchill museum fulton missouri
winston churchill iron curtain speech, fulton mo

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

Winston S. Churchill