Churchillians sharing stories and finding out what inspired you about winston. Its been a really lovely dayandahalf. It was very exciting yesterday to hear celia and Lady Williams talking about what it was like to be a secretary at charltwell, and part of the project were doing, we plan to open the secretarys room in 2020. So if you want to hear more about that, please own your packs about the project. In terms of churchill and ireland, i was trying to think about of what we had in the collection. And we have a gift from londondairy of a replica of roaring meg, one of my favorite items in the house, its in the library. And i was really interested yesterday to start to hear a little bit about churchills relationship with atly from lord derrien. Were going to hear more about that now. We have another family of writers. Weve got the bews with us this morning. So very excited to hear what they are going to say. And we have lord bew, who is professor of politics at Queens University in belf
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In the past these0, usually we vacate rooms and do something else. We are going to give you a little bit of a land map. I think it is appropriate. Our speaker, our extra speaker this afternoon, is somebody who i have had some correspondence with. We both share an interest in petersburg, virginia. There was a fellow out from theigan who was challenging conventional wisdom of the events around the serious wounding of Joshua Chamberlain. The department of his story resources had identified the location where he was allegedly andded, a marker was put up it has been conventional wisdom that they have relayed the offense. Aware that someone was challenging that. The department of Historic Services was looking into moving the historic marker. They were asking us to look at and comment on this. The department and i have to tell you after reading dennis thesis and i would have to agree with it. I asked him if he would like to come down, as kind of an extra talk in our symposium. Our grouplike t
David, thank you very much and a very good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the last session of today, one that i know will end the first day on a high. I am sure you, as i, marvel at the continuing volume of books about Winston Churchill that emerge year after year. What more could there be to say now, even about Winston Churchill, we might ask . David lough has managed not only to say new things but to add great detail and provide a fascinating exposition of churchills finances, a topic as you know, and as david demonstrates, that had its peaks and indeed its troughs, much like churchills own political career. Davids book is thorough and engaging and offers new churchillian epithets. One of my favorites taken from his volume sees churchill seeking new funds for yet another expenditure and lamenting, had i not been so foolish as to pay a lot of bills, i shouldve had the money available right now. [laughter] david lough is well qualified to write on this topic, a former memb
Us on facebook at cspan history. Coming up on American History tv, from the 33rd International Churchill conference, david lough talks about his book no more champagne churchill and his money. A retired banker and historian, mr. Lough argues the former Prime Minister would borrow heavily from his friends and family to maintain his lifestyle and was often living on the edge of financial ruin. This is about an hour. David, thank you very much and a very good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the last session of today, one that i know will end the first day on a high. I am sure you, as i, marvel at the continuing volume of books about Winston Churchill that emerge year after year. What more could there be to say now, even about Winston Churchill, we might ask . David lough has managed not only to say new things but to add great detail and provide a fascinating exposition of churchills finances, a topic as you know, and as david demonstrates, that had its peaks and indeed its tro