Churchill Memorial
Area residents will have the opportunity to hear the personal prisoner of war story of Mid-Missourian Wilburn Rowden at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 26, at The Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States, located on the Westminster College campus in Fulton, MO.
The event is part of a speakers series initiated by the Memorial this summer and is free and open to the public.
Wilburn Rowden was a radio operator on The Sleepy Time Gal B-17 plane during World War II. On March 8, 1944, he was ordered to bail out of his aircraft.
As a result, he and nine of his crew members were captured by six German soldiers. He was held as a prisoner of war until the winter of 1945.
Rowden will share his fascinating World War II experiences at this special presentation.
For more information on the event, interested parties can contact Mandy Crump, Education/Public Programming Coordinator of the Memorial, at 573-592-6242 or by emailing her at mandy.crump@churchillmemorial.org.
The Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States is located on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, MO, the site of Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain” speech. The Memorial was founded in 1969 to honor the life and legacy of one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century. The most visible aspect of the Memorial is the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, a 12th century church from the middle of London, redesigned by Sir Christopher Wren in 1677 and relocated to Fulton in 1969. Beneath this beautiful and historic Wren church is the Undercroft, a museum filled with a priceless treasury of artifacts and information relating to the life and times of Sir Winston Churchill. In 2006, the museum was transformed with state-of-the-art interactive exhibits into the Churchill Leadership Gallery.
The Winston Churchill Memorial is open from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily. Admission is Adults: $6.00; Senior Citizens, AAA and AARP members: $5.00; Youth (12-18): $4.00; College Students: $4.00; Children (6-11): $3.00; and Children (5 and under): free.