controversy arose over the sculptor william mcveigh's description of the war time prime minister not because of his characteristically defiant stance with right hand raised and trademark v for victory salute. no another churchill icon, the cigar in his left hand that offended some members of the english speaking union. the organization responsible for the sculpture. in the end, authenticity and the cigar won out. unveiled a year after churchill's death in 1965, the figure seems even larger than its nine-foot dimensions would indicate. almost half a century on, winston churchill still manages to dominate his surroundings. by wait i cannot help for reflection if my father had been american and my mother british instead of the other way around, i might have got here on my own. [ applause ] >> this week on the civil war, author and university of pennsylvania history professor, stephanie mccurry, speaks about her book "confederate reckoning:power and politics in the civil war south" she says the south

controversy arose over the sculptor william mcveigh's depiction of the war time prime minister, not because of his defiances stance withing the right hand raised in a v for victory salute. no another churchill icon, the cigar in his left hand that offended some members of the english speaking union. the organization responsible for the sculpture. in the end, thencity and the cigar won out. unveiled a year after churchill's death in 1965, the figure seems even larger than its nine-foot dimensions would indicate. almost half a century on, winston churchill still manages to dominate his surroundings.