An affilliate of The International Churchill Society and Museum at the Cabinet War Rooms, London
each year we have at least one major speaker for an event scheduled near an anniversary of a signficant event in his life
We supplement these with two or three other meetings that are topical, often with chapter members as speakers
Past events have included the following notable speakers:
The Rt. Hon. Celia Sandys
Churchill's granddaughter talked on "Memories of my Grandfather"
Duncan Sandys
Churchill's great grandson spoke to us about "Painting as a Pastime"
Flt. Lt. Denis Payne, RAF
Veteran of Battle of Britain 1940 told of his exploits and subsequent secret training mission in US long before Pearl Harbor
Dr. James Muller
Churchill Centre Academic Advisor lectured on "The River War"
Lynne Olson
Author of "Citizens of London" and "Troublesome Young Men"; co-author of "The Murrow Boys"
Professor Warren Kimball
Author of "Forged in War" and a number of other books about the Churchill-FDR relationship
Carlo d'Este
Author of "Warlord: Winston Churchill at War", "Patton", "Decision in Normandy", and a number of other books on the Second World War
Bill VanDerKloot
son of Churchill's wartime pilot and producer of "Flying the Secret Skies" which has appeared on PBS
Dr. Ted Bromund
Senior research fellow in The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. He wove together Churchill's "Painting as a Pastime" and his strategic vision in a remarkable lecture.
Michael McMenamin
author of "Becoming Winston Churchill"
Carl Beck 101st Airborne
Hap Chandler 8th Air Force
Both veterans of "Operation Market Garden", Monty's effort to seize the bridge at Arnhem, "a bridge too far"
Jane Fraser
President of The Stuttering Foundation of America
She talked on Churchill's visit with her French father-in-law General Gruss in Strasbourg in 1948-50
Edna Underwood Berkshire
Owner of "A Taste of Britain" in Norcross, GA, she lived through The Blitz on London as a little girl and shared her experiences with us.
Brian Kraph
Savannah attorney and collector of political and Churchill memorabilia showed slides of many of the objects in his collection.
Todd Van Beck
Atlanta mortician who lectured on the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill
Lee Pollock
Executive Director of the Churchill Centre described the exciting plans for the Churchill Library at George Washington University
Dick Kimball
Current Member and Retired Norfolk Southern Executive attends summer programs at Oxford and returns with a plethora of interesting stories
Bill Fisher
Former Chapter President and history teacher has talked on the Dardanelles Campaign, Churchill and America, Churchill in Atlanta, Decoding, Deception, and Double-Cross: how a few hundred code breakers, double-agents, rogues, and a ramshackle country house helped win the Second World War.
Bletchley Park Trifecta
Jan Slimming discussd her book “Code Breaker Girls” about her Mum at Bletchley Park.
Sir Dermot Turing, nephew of Alan Turing discussd his book “X,Y, and Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken.
Dr. Joel Greenberg discussd his book “Gordon Weelchman: The Architect of ULTRA Inteelligence”
Chris Johnston
Current Member and Consultant gave talks on Adm Jacky Fisher and “Battle of the Beams” on Luftwaffe direction finding and night bombing.