journal and on american history tv tv for this conversation this morning we would like to thank timothy riley for being on with us this morning he is the director and chief curator of americans national churchill museum timothy. thank you so much for being with us this morning. thank you very much. it was 75 years ago in march 1946 that former british prime minister winston churchill deliberate his iron curtain speech at westminster college in fulton, missouri. next former british prime minister margaret thatcher marked the 50th anniversary of the speech in a lecture at the college in 1996. she discussed how the world changed in 50 years and about the collapse of the soviet union in 1991.

timothy riley joins us from america's national churchill museum at westminster college. mothy, good morning. timothy: thank you for having me on. >> i want to remind our viewers that we are not only here on "washington journal," but we are simulcasting on american history tv on c-span3 right now as well. so timothy, explained to us what winston churchill was doing in fulton, missouri on march 5, 1946. timothy: 75 years ago and a day. it is a question we get asked every day at america's national churchill museum. why in the world would winston churchill visit westminster college in central missouri, in the heart of america? i guess the simple answer is the college asked him to come. the longer answer is a little more complicated. it would take you back really to the end of world war ii. there was v.e. day in europe at the end of 1945. the allies had been victorious in europe. rings were looking good for churchill, for harry truman, and of course the other of the big three in the alliance, joseph stalin in the soviet union. they had won the war in europe. shortly thereafter

we would like to thank timothy riley for being on with us this morning. he is the direct -- the director and curator

next, we look back 75 years at one of the cold war's most iconic speeches period with timothy riley of america's national churchill museum. he joined us from fulton, missouri.

in two hours national churchill museum director timothy riley looks back 75 years at winston churchill's iron curtain speech in 1946 at westminster college in fulton, missouri and in three hours remarks by former british prime minister margaret thatcher at westminster college in 1996. she spoke about churchill's iconic cold war speech and about the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. well, we are going to have a panel discussion now on teaching abraham lincoln and the civil war. my name is jonathan white and i'm the vice chairman of the lincoln forum, and i'm so glad to have all of you here today. we're going to be bringing in a wonderful panel. we have william c davis caroline janney tamika nunley and craig simons, and they will be coming in right now as they turn on their cameras and unmute and the way i wanted to start this off is actually to have each of our li

we would like to thank timothy riley for being on with us this morning.e is the director and chief curator of americans national churchill museum. timo [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy, visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> everyday we take your calls live on the air on the news every day and we discussed policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, we talk about the congress and the future of president by this legislative agenda especially on covid-19. and another guest discusses the federal coronavirus response spending. watch at 7:00 monday morning, and be sure to join the discussions with your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. >> listen to c-span's podcast. the weekly. this week, a look at the future for syria. >> hard road. i hope and believe that one day, the outside world, will say, on behalf of the people of syria, we need to come to an accommodation with the syrian government such that we resume diplom

timothy riley joins us from fulton, missouri with an excerpt from instant shirttails speech.m stettin in the baltic to trieste in the adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent. behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern europe.

we talk with timothy riley, museum director and chief curator. watch tonight starting at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> next, on the presidency. ronald reagan gives his first press conference nine days after taking the oath of office on january 20th, 1981. questions about the recently resolved iranian hostage crisis and its aftermath dominated a discussion that ranged from domestic affairs to the new administration's foreign policy priorities. president reagan met with the press in the old executive office building next door to the white house. this video is courtesy of the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. >> how do you do. i have a brief opening statement here before i take your questions. yesterday, secretary of the treasury, donald reagan, sent to the congress a request to raise the debt ceiling to $985 billion. this represents a dramatic jump of $50 billion over the previous debt ceiling. the administration took this action with great regret because it's clear that the ma

our guests to take your calls and tweets is timothy riley, the national churchill museum curator and director. first an excerpt from mr. churchill's speech. ♪ mr. churchill: from stettin in the baltic to trieste in the adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent. behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern europe. warsaw, berlin, prague, vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest and sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what i must

we talk with timothy riley. watch wednesday beginning at 8 pm eastern, and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. next on the presidency, university of central arkansas historian marcus witcher explorers conservatives criticism of ronald reagan's foreign policy toward the soviet union during the 19 eighties. he also explains how conservatives gradually downplayed this criticism in later decades as they sought to reimagine their relationship with the 40th president. the federalists asides montgomery alabama chapter hosted this event. >> good morning. good morning and welcome to the montgomery chapter of the federal society. the federal society is founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our constitution and that is emphatically the progress and duty of the judiciary to say with the law is, not what it should be. this is already six both to

eastern on american history tv and washington journal, a live discussion with timothy riley, and chiefurator. he'll join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the 1946 speech and take your calls and tweets live on the air. at 10:00 a.m. the late margaret thatcher's lecture at westminster college as she marked the 50th anniversary of churchill's speech then on sunday at 2:00 p.m., artist edwina sands, reflect on their grandparents, and at 4:00 p.m., "real america" features an audio recording of churchill's entire speech accompanied by brief motion picture segments. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on cspan3. >>> author craig simons talked about joseph johnson,

journal and on american history tv tv for this conversation this morning we would like to thank timothy riley for being on with us this morning he is the director and chief curator of americans national churchill museum timothy. thank you so much for being with us this mor in 1996. she discussed how the world changed in 50 years and about the collapse of the soviet union in 1991. >> lady thatcher, students, alumni and friends of westminster college and ladies and gentlemen, since the beginning of the john finley green foundation lectures in 1936, westminster college has been privileged to host some of the greatest men and women of 20th century thought. nowhere else in this nation could serve as a more fitting forum for world leaders than america's heartland, where the lifeblood of liberty flows purely and passionately. these great leaders travel here secure in the knowledge that no matter how different our cultures and our backgrounds, we have the capability to reach a common understanding of the problems of our day. today we gather to celebrate the 50th anniversary of sir winston churchill's

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we'd look back 75 years at one of the cold wars most iconic speeches with timothy riley of america's national churchill museum. he joined us from fulton, missouri first in excerpt from mr. churchill's speech.

we talk with timothy riley with chief curator. watch tonight starting at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> next, craig shirley chronicles ronald reagan's early political career and american conservative in his book "reagan rising: the decisive years, 1976-1980." we recorded his remarks at the 2017 gaithersburg book festival in gaithersberg, maryland. >> good afternoon and welcome to the gaithersburg, book festival. i am a member of the gaithersburg and i'm representing district 17 which encompasses rockville and the beautiful city of gaithersburg, so welcome. gaithersburg proudly supports the arts and humanities and we are pleased to bring you this event and thanks to the sponsors and volunteers and when you see them around and they're walking around here, please take time to say thanks. we appreciate that. i'd like to get right to this event here, but first a few announcements. please silence all your devices. i'll wait. i'll wait. go ahead. [ laughter ] silence all devices. thank you. and if

we talk with timothy riley, chief curator. watch tonight starting at 8:00 eastern, and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3 every weekend documenting america's story. funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span3 as a public service. >>> next on the presidency. the bbc sat down with president ronald reagan in the spring of 1988 late in his second term. in this wide-ranging oval office conversation, the president talks about his work to restore the economy after he first came into office. his vision for u.s. soviet relations and arms control, the iran contra affair and the assassination attempt that left him seriously wounded. the ronald reagan presidential library provided this video. >> mr. president, can you recall your

eastern on american history tv and washington journal, a live discussion with timothy riley, director of america's national churchill museum and chief curator. he'll join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the 1946 speech and take your calls at 10:00 a.m. the late margaret thatcher's speech at westminster college as she spoke about how the world changed in 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. then on sunday at 2:00 p.m. an artist and an author reflect on their grandparents winston churchill and harry truman. and an audio recording of winston churchill's entire march 5, 1946 iron curtain speech. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> up next on american history tv, virginia commonwealth university professor discusses jubal early's experiences. she also analyzes

eastern on american history tv and "washington journal," a live discussion with timothy riley director of america's national churchill museum. he'll join us from fulton, missouri, and take your calls and tweets live on the air. at 10:00 a.m., the late margaret thatcher's 1996 lecture at westminster college as she marked the 50th anniversary of churchill's speech and spoke about how the world changed in the 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. and on sunday at 2:00 p.m., reflection on winston churchill and harry truman. and "reel america" features an audio recording of winston churchill's iron curtain speech accompanied by images and motion picture segments. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> coming up on american history tv, a look back at confederate generals in the u.s. civil war. we'll begin with the life of general robert e. lee and his relationship with virginia. then a conversation about general early and his loss to union general phillip sheridan during the shenandoah campaign. a discussion on confederate general joseph johnston and his difficu

saturday at 9 am eastern on american history tv and washington journal, a lot of discussion with timothy riley, director of americas national churchill museum and chief curator. zeal join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the 1946 speech and take your calls and tweets alive on the air. at 10 am, the late margaret thatcher is 1996 lecturer at westminster college. as to mark the 50th anniversary of churchill speech and spoke about how the world changed in the 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. then, on sunday, at 2 pm, artist -- and author clifton truman daniel reflect on their grandparents. winston churchill and harry truman. and at 4 pm, real america features in the audio recording of winston churchill's entire march 5th in 1946 iron curtain speech. accompanied by images and brief motion picture segments. exploring the american story. watch american history tv. this weekend on c-span 3. listen to c-span's podcast, the weekly. this week, u.s. china relations with china editor for the economist, gowdy epstein. he offers a warning about call possible conflict between chin

a lot of discussion with timothy riley, director of americas national churchill museum and chief curator. he'll join us from fulton missouri, the location of the 1946 speech and take your calls and tweets alive on the air. a 10 am, of late margaret thatcher's 1996 electorate westminster's college as she marks the 50th anniversary of churchill speech and spoke about how the world changed in the 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union then on sunday, at 2 pm, artist edwina sends an author clifton truman daniel put reflect on their grandparents, winston churchill and harry truman. and at 4 pm, we'll america features an audio recording of winston churchill's entire march 5th in 1946 iron curtain speech. accompanied by images and brief motion picture segments. exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. but 75 years ago, in march 1946, winston churchill developed his iron curtain speech at westminster college in fulton, missouri. 44 years after churchill speech and one year after the fall of the berlin wall, former president ronald reagan spoke

we would like to thank timothy riley for being on with us this morning. s the director and chief curator of americans national churchill museum. timothy, thank you for being with us this morning. guest: thank you very much. host: we want to remind everyone this program and several others related to the "iron curtain" speech, including the entire speech audio recording, begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. you can see more about winston churchill's "iron curtain" speech next on a mac history tv. former british prime minister margaret thatcher marked the 50th anniversary with an address at westminster college in 1996. that begins right now on c-span3. all of our washington journal guests and viewers and social media followers, thank you for being with us this morning. make sure you continue to wash your hands and stay safe. have a great saturday. ♪ ♪ your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's television companies in 1979. today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to viewers as. a public service.

we talk with timothy riley with chief curator. watch tonight starting at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> next, craig shirley chronicles ronald reagan's early political career and american conservative in his book "reagan rising: the decisive years,

am eastern as we look back 75 years at one of the cold war's most iconic speeches our guest is timothy riley bolton's national churchill museum director and chief curator. pravina shukla author of costume performing identities through dress discusses the personal motivations and objectives of living history professionals and hobbyists. using examples from colonial williamsburg and civil war battlefield reenactments. she explores how history is interpreted through period costumes the library of congress american folklife center hosted this event and provided the video. hi there, everyone welcome. i'm betsy peterson the director of the american folklife center here at the library of congress and on behalf of the staff and everyone. i want to welcome you and i also for the record one and to be reflected that we do have pretty much a full house moving into

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a live discussion with timothy riley, director of america's national churchill museum and chief curator. he'll join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the 1946 tweet and take your calls and tweets live on the air. >>> at 10:00 a.m. the late margaret thatcher's 1996 lecture at westminster college as she marked the 50th anniversary of churchill's speech and spoke about how the world changed in the 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. then on sunday, at 2:00 p.m., artist edwina sands and author clifton daniel reflect on their grandparents, winston churchill and harry truman. and at 4:00 p.m. reel america features an audio recording of winston churchill's entire march 5th, 1946 iron curtain speech accompanied by images and brief motion picture segments. exploring the american story, watch american history tv. this weekend, on c-span3. >>> up next author and historian gary gallagher discusses the wartime experience of edward porter alexander who served on the staff of r

eastern on american history tv and "washington journal" a live discussion with timothy riley, director of the winston churchill museum. he'll join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the speech, and take your calls and tweets live on the air. at 10:00 a.m., the late margaret thatcher's speech as she marked the 50th anniversary and spoke about how the world changed in the 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. then on sunday at 2:00 p.m., reflect on their grandparents, winston churchill and harry truman. and at 4:00 p.m., "reel america" features an audio recording of winston churchill's entire iron curtain speech. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, matt atkinson, a gettysburg military park ranger discusses the life of robert e. lee. he highlighted lee's efforts to promote reconciliation after the war, and his time as president at washington college. his talk was hosted by the national park service in 2015. >> what we're going to do today, ladies and gentlemen, is we are going to do robert e. lee and the post-w

we talk with timothy riley america's national churchill museum director and chief curator.ch wednesday beginning at 8 pm eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >> american history tv on c-span 3. every weekend, documenting america's story, funding for american history tv comes from these companies who supports he spent three as a public service. >> next on the presidency, ronald reagan gives his first press conference nine days after taking the oath of office on january 20th, 1981. questions about the recently resolved iranian hostage crisis and its aftermath dominated a discussion that ranged from domestic affairs to the new administration's foreign policy priorities. president reagan met with the press in the old executive office building next door to the white house this videos courtesy of the ronald reagan presidential library in sydney valley california . it >> how do you do? i have a brief opening statement here before i take your questions. yesterday secretary of the treasury, sent to congress and

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timothy riley joins us now at westminster college. good morning. guest: good morning. you for having me on. host: we are not only here on washington journal but we are simulcasting on american history tv on c-span3 right now. timothy, explain to us what winston churchill was doing in fulton, missouri on march 5, 1946. guest: 75 years

years at one of the cold war's most iconic speeches our guest is timothy riley bolton's national churchill museum director and chief curator. pravina shukla author of costume performing identities through dress discusses the personal motivations and objectives of living history professionals and hobbyists. using examples from colonial williamsburg and civil war battlefield reenactments. she explores how history is interpreted through period costumes the library of congress american folklife center hosted this event and provided the video. hi there, everyone welcome. i'm betsy peterson the director of the american folklife center here at the library of congress and on behalf of the staff and everyone. i want to welcome you and i also for the record one and to be reflected that we do have pretty much a full house moving into standing room only so at any rate today's lecture the botkin series lecture series is it allows the american folklife center to do a couple of things it allows us to present the latest and the very best scholarship in folklore, ethna musicology, oral history cultural stu

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starting today at 9:00 eastern on american history tv and washington journal, a discussion with timothy riley, the director of the national turtle museum and chief curator. he will join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the speech. we will take your calls and tweets alive. the late margaret thatcher's lecture at westminster college as she marked the 50th anniversary of the speech and spoke about how the world changed in 50 years and the collapse of the soviet union. on sunday at 2:00, an artist and an altar reflect on their grandparents winston churchill and harry truman. at 4:00, real america, an audio recording of winston churchill's entire iron curtain speech accompanied by images and brief motion picture segments. exploring the american story. watch american history tv month this weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> you are watching american history tv, explore our nations past. american history tv on c-span3 created by america's cable television companies. we are brought to you by these companies that provided as a public service. -- provide american history tv as a public service. >> the c-

eastern on american history tv and washington journal, a live discussion with timothy riley chief curator. he'll join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the 1946 speech and take your calls and tweets live on the air. at 10:00 a.m., the late margaret thatcher's 1996 lecture at westminster college as she marked the 50th anniversary of churchill's speech and spoke about how the world changed in the 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. on sunday at 2:00 p.m., author clifton truman daniel reflect on their grandparents, winston churchill and harry truman, and at 4:00 p.m., reel america features an audio recording of winston churchill's entire march 5th, 1946, iron curtain speech accompanied by images and brief motion picture segments, exploring the american story. watch american history tv. this weekend on c-span3. >>> author craig symonds talked about the life of joseph johnston highlighting his difficult relationship with confederate president jefferson davis.