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Levi, Brendon, and Nickalas Mealy examine a historic car at the Backer Auto World Museum.
Firefighter’s Memorial This outdoor memorial honors Missouri firefighters and features the Ultimate Sacrifice Wall which names the Missouri firefighters who have lost their lives protecting others. A large statue of a grieving firefighter was being constructed for the memorial at the time of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York. When it was finished, Missouri donated the statue to New York in tribute to their firefighters. The sculpture’s manufacturer was so moved that he donated an exact replica of the statue to Missouri, which now stands at the Firefighter’s Memorial. Open year-round; located at Highway 54 and I-70 interchange. Winston Churchill Memorial and Library This world-class, world-renowned memorial, located on the Westminster College campus, honors Sir Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister during World War II. The memorial commemorates his Sinews of Peace or Iron Curtain speech given in 1946 on the Westminster College campus. The Life of Leadership Gallery, a 4,500 square foot museum and library, portrays Churchill’s heroic defense of Great Britain and his
insights into the Cold War. In this state-of-the-art arena you will experience the sights and sounds of a World War II Trench on the Western Front, find yourself caught in a London Air Raid, and watch Churchill lead Britain through the war in the stirring film Churchill’s Finest Hour, narrated by Walter Cronkite. Next, sit back in an overstuffed chair surrounded by the ambience of an English Gentleman’s Club and laugh while listening to Churchill’s wit and wisdom. The memorial is also home to a seventeenth century London edifice, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury, which survived a bombing in World War I, and was dismantled in England in 1965 and then rebuilt on the Westminster campus as a tribute to Churchill. This church, now one of the oldest buildings in the nation, was designed by Christopher Wren in 1677. The memorial also commemorates the end of the Cold War and has a sculpture made from a 32-foot piece of the Berlin wall. This moving sculpture entitled Breakthrough, was created and donated by Edwina Sandys, a grand-daughter of Winston Churchill. 501 Westminster Avenue; www.churchillmemorial.org; 573-5925369; open daily 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM.
“All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” –Winston Churchill [12] MissouriLife FULTON
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