Special Guests Gather for America’s Service of Remembrance for Winston Churchill

Above, Westminster College President Dr. Barney Forsythe; Duncan Sandys, Churchill’s great-grandson; Edwina Sandys, Churchill’s granddaughter; Dr. Jim Williams, Executive Director of the National Churchill Museum; Sir Peter Westmacott, British Ambassador to the U.S.; and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon at America’s Service of Remembrance (National Churchill Museum).

The National Churchill Museum on the campus of Westminster College hosted America’s Service of Remembrance on Saturday, January 24, 2015. The service recognized the 50th anniversary of Churchill’s death and was attended by many Westminster students and faculty as well as special guest such as Churchill’s granddaughter Edwina Sandys, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, and the British Ambassador to the United States Sir Peter Westmacott. The service was based on the 1965 service held at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, England.

Read Sandys’ remarks in honor of her grandfather.

News coverage of the service included Fox 2 Now, St. Louis Public Radio, the Chicago Tribune, and more.

British Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott speaking during America’s Service of Remembrance

Governor Jay Nixon speaks at America’s Service of Remembrance to honor Churchill.

British Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott lays a wreath at the National Churchill Museum.

Crowd listens to Edwina Sandys, Churchill’s granddaughter, and Duncan Sandys, Churchill’s great-grandson, outside the National Churchill Museum for America’s Service of Remembrance.

Westminster Student Ambassadors at America’s Service of Remembrance

Students Jennyfer Larios Martinez (left) and Lorena Greenwood (right) meet Churchill’s granddaughter Edwina Sandys.